Left wing, chicken wing, it don't make no difference to me.

My eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs has been my messages that I tried to scatter across the back sides and along the steps of the fire escapes and on the window sills and through the dark halls.

Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off.

Life's pretty tough . . . you're lucky if you live through it.

Love is the only medicine I believe in.

You oil field workers, come and listen to me I'm goin' to tell you a story about old John D. That company union made a fool out of me. That company union don't charge no dues It leaves you a-singing them Rockefeller blues. That company union made a fool out of me. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin', rollin' over the sea. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin' over the sea.

I love a good man outside the law, just as much as I hate a bad man inside the law.