The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of his class. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I had picked up Dylan with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn't heard.

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.

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

The revolution starts now.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

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.

I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, trying to compare how many records I've sold or how much money I've made.