Don't know much, but I know I love you.

People have often written about me, that I did this for this reason and that for that reason, and theyre usually 98 percent wrong.

Mainly, when I ran into Emmylou Harris, that was it, you know? We could finish each other's sentences musically, and personally, too. We have a very shared, similar sensibility. And that was a friendship that really opened up a tremendous number of musical doors for me.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

Cocaine made my nose bleed right away. I thought why do I need a nose bleed? It would make me real nervous and talk really fast. I'm already pretty good at talking too fast. I thought, "Why do I need that?"

I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.

My feeling about school was that it interfered with my reading.