I'll be clickin' by your house about two forty-five, Sidewalk Sundae Strawberry Surprise.

Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop.

You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.

The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There's leak, there's a leak,in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who ore the ones that we kept in charge Killers, thieves, and lawyers God's Away, God's away God's away on Business

slept all night in the cedar grove, i was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin' for the holy grail, but there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails

You just write and you don't try to make sense of it. You just put it down the way you got it.

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.