Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

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

I love theater. I go all the time. It's one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that I have limited range as an actor. I can only play people who talk like me.

If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.

I had everything I need to get me killed.

Records are only one-dimensional. Even film is only one-dimensional. That's why music and live theatre is so important, because it's not the same thing. A recording is just a record of part of the experience, but it's not the whole experience.