Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get.

New Orleans is a unique environment.

Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a really really good thing to learn, if you're a singer-songwriter. Don't be dependent on a band because you may not always be able to afford one.

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

The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.