Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.

Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

I don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way.

Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.

I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken.

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.