I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe.

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.

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

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

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.

I'm trying to make records where people don't feel cheated. Nashville has been guilty of insulting the Country Music audience for years and years.

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