People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing.

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

I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a guitar.

The revolution starts now.

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

I wish I was as sure about things as Bill Monroe was sure about things.

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