But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too. ... And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard. ... Dylan can do no wrong. ... Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him. ... I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin' on the Double E. But the train don't run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me.

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

Maybe you simply criticized someone you hardly knew. You ruined part of their life. For them, part of your life, too.

Send lawyers, guns, and money. Dad, get me out of this.

I don't get depressed and I don't get bored.

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.