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

I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world.

I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get.

The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.

I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.