The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe.

I don't get in vote in whether or how people remember me when I'm gone. It's really dangerous to sit around and worry about it too much, for me. It gets me way too in myself to worry about what people are going to think about me when I'm not around anymore.

Bob Dylan is one of the very few people in the history of popular music who you can unquestionably apply that word [genius] to.

Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can.

The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of his class. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I had picked up Dylan with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn't heard.

I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.

You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a really really good thing to learn, if you're a singer-songwriter. Don't be dependent on a band because you may not always be able to afford one.