Im the mold that grunge was grown in.

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

All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or three years later it will come true. It keeps you on your toes.

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

Now you wear your skin like iron

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.