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

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

The easiest way to get laid by a girl, or get rid of her, is to write a song about her.

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love.

Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.

I come from a school of people, folk singers, and the tradition there is troubadours, and you're carrying a message. Admittedly, our job is partly just to make you boogie, just make you want to dance. Part of our job is to take you on a little voyage, tell you a story.But part of our job is to communicate the way a town crier did: It's 12:00 and all is well, or it's 11:30 and the whole Congress is sold. It's part of the job.

Elections aren't supposed to be for sale... it's that simple.