You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

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

Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist.

Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.

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

San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.