But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.

Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

He blew his mind out in a caaaar.

I don't really collect guitars.

Man has tried his suicide with bigotry and hate, but in the end he'll kill himself with nothing but his waste.

I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it.

How many years will you crawl through this castle, so satisfied and still wanting more?

Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.

Im not attracted to expensive things.

Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.

What a wise man knows, therefore, is how to construct a pattern that, given the human situation, is likely to lead to a good life.

Authority forgets a dying king

The 19th century had chosen only to remember the happy warrior. The 20th century only the blood come gargling. Both are essential to any understanding of Trafalgar.

I have come to understand something about novels, " Tessa said."And what is that?""They are not true.

No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there.

It's hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness.

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

For a fallen India to aspire to move the world and protect the weaker races is seemingly an impertinence.

Music is that great language where a lot can be said and little can be proven.

Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.