When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.

If Picasso walked into Disney looking for a job, they would throw him out on the street. Couldn't draw good enough.

[Bob] Dylan began to incorporate things into that scene that were controversial then. He got shouted at in Newport when he played electric guitar, for instance. There was a certain purity that was sought among those people.

In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement.

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

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

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.