One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever.

If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. It’s a mysterious condition. It’s much like the life of a Catholic nun. You’re married to a mystery.

I think there's an appetite for seriousness. Seriousness is voluptuous, and very few people have allowed themselves the luxury of it.

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.

The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show.

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.