Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

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.

Politics has always been in my music. Anybody who doesn't understand how political "Copperhead Road" is isn't listening very well.

What saves me from being a drug addict is sort of the opposite. It's me realizing that I don't really control anything.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

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.

I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.