I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

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

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

Suffering, violent suffering, seems to be something that corresponds with something that we experience.

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.

We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.