I ain't ever satisfied.

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.

My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed with myself when I push the envelope musically than I am when I push it literality.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

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.

Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start.

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