When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.

When you record something, you never know who's going to hear it.

If Raymond Chandler came from the South, his name would be Ace Atkins.

You've got to find what you love and let it kill you. I don't think any of us should ever forget that.

I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama.

I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of songwriting.

Most people, of course, spend their lives caring about the wrong things. The worry about South Africa or Nicaragua. They spend so much time finding themselves that they lose their taxicabs. They don't see that what kind of napkin you get at a delicatessen is a matter of much significance in the world today. That's why they don't get linen.