Give me oysters and beer, for dinner every day of the year, and I'll be fine.

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.

When the good times come around, they gallup in like wild horses. You just try to stay on them for as long as you can. And when they throw you offyou just wait in the shade until they come around again.

If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.

One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.

So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.