Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.

My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end.

I can deal with conservatives in a democracy. With real conservatives, I don't agree with them, but I understand why they believe what they believe and I believe they're being honest with me about it.

At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

From the moment [Bob] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was [so] much better than everybody else around.