Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said, 'Right.'

Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?

Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it's a bad idea to fish downstream from Bob Dylan.

Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.

I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle

We would turn everything into songs in those days...A lot of people think "Alice's Restaurant" was an anti-war song. It's not.

I don't want a pickle, I just want ride on my motorcikle. I don't want to die, I just want a ride on my motorcy........cle.

Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted.

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Asking is the first level of prayer.

In coming to Christ we don't bring our old life up to a higher plane; we leave it at the cross.

I don't feel comfortable voting for Donald Trump.

That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.

Year's end still in straw hat and sandals

I've never really been into ghosts or spirits, and I've only had a couple of those kind of experiences.

I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.

Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.