He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s.

Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I still have an audience of a certain size. I think it's one of the things I'm luckiest.

Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.

I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to.

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

Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan Alley. ...and we were the night shift! They gave us keys, because they knew the best songs weren't written in daylight.... We got our keys taken away several times...me and Guy Clark.

I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, trying to compare how many records I've sold or how much money I've made.