Looking back, I think I tried to be too eclectic. Sometimes I'd sing thirty songs, and fifteen of them were not in English.

The truth is a rabbit in a bramble patch. All you can do is circle around and say it's somewhere in there.

The first country conquered by any dictator is his own country.

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up.

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.