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

I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day.

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

I'm not a Democrat; I'm something well to the left of a Democrat, but I'm just realistic about the system.

I make an embarrassing amount of money for a borderline Marxist, just by selling 100,000 records. I don't sell millions of records, and I don't need to.

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

Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end.