At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.

Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.

People make art on the sides of buildings, and they'll make art on the sides of trains. They'll make art wherever they decide to make art. The technology that people are working with now will be replaced in 10 years, so that's not where your future is, if you're a musician.

The essence of show business is, if you see a tight-rope walker go across a tight rope, everybody claps. But, if you see him wobble, everybody gasps.

For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.

We live in an age lit by lightnin'; after the flash, we're blind again.

Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but a guitar and conquers the world. And we've done that again, and again, and again – Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Rogers, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters.