My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with.

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

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.

I can deal with conservatives in a democracy. With real conservatives, I don't agree with them, but I understand why they believe what they believe and I believe they're being honest with me about it.

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.

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 grew up counterculture. I'm essentially a hippie, and I'm essentially a folkie.