You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I.

I went on tours with [Bob] Dylan - the big one was in 1975 and called Roaring Thunder Review. I knew him well because I met him around the time he did his second album, in 1963. He recorded one of my songs called Shadows. In the 1970s, it was suggested that we do a duet, because we had the same manager, Albert Grossman, who also managed Odetta and Peter, Paul and Mary. Dylan and I respected what each other did, but I just decided not to do it.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

When love is true there is no truer occupation.