If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination

I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.

The Beatles were just the beginning of everything music could be, just like the Stones I was Rolling along like a ship lost out on the sea.

I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.

All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.

Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I've done that nobody can ever say I sold out.