The troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.

Well it's true, ever since I stopped eating meat I feel a lot better among animals, I feel I can be much more honest when I pat a dog.

I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't write the songs anyhow.

even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.

As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty.

I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me, but the room just filled up with mosquitoes.

Most of our distractions are designed to invite us away from this recognition, which is a good idea.