Right away I thought I'd been hit by a hand grenade ... her (Joni Mitchells') voice, those words ... she nailed me to the back wall with two-inch spikes... I promptly fell in love with her...

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

Generally we don't really consciously do it as a purpose-driven thing. ... It's really just a response to life.

My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written things that responded to the world as it slapped us in the face. Me and Nash, singing "To the Last Whale" and "Find the Cost of Freedom". Stills coming up with "For What It's Worth". These came right out of the news. People have accused us of taking stances and the truth is we don't.