There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.

Some people never get their feet on the ground, They're either sitting in a chair or theyre laying down.

The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.

I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than adding to the indignity of relief.

Evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders, but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers, and world of hunger in vengeance will always remember.

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

I like Hitler, jolly jolly Hitler.