I think the zenith of popular songwriting to the United States of America was that period that started in the '20s and went into the '50s. It was the period of the great American standard song.

I think there's mind in nature. There's a power in nature, and there's a universal power that you'd better not ignore.

Everywhere you go, there's a soundtrack. You can't really quite hear it. It's just a little out of the range of hearing.

I feel sorry for a culture that depends too much on delegating its musical expression to professionals. It is fine to have heroes, but we should do our own singing first, even if it is never heard beyond the shower curtain.

So goodbye, I'll be leaving, I see no sense in this crying and grieving. We'll both live a lot longer, if you live without me.

Cocaine made people deaf, it made people dead and it made people real obnoxious.

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.