Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.

I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.

I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

Look for patterns, and then ask why those patterns exist.

Every human life has infinite value and to destroy even one is a crime against all humanity.

The villain's censure is extorted praise.

Write about it by day and dream about it by night.

The world is facing a new networked, digital lifestyle, and we will ensure that Canon remains ahead of the game.

Happiness comes out of contentment, and contentment always comes out of service.

You know what's really hot? Pop-and-locking, ticking. The moonwalk. Tricks like that.

If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest.

How is it that the Church produced no geometer in her autocratic reign of twelve hundred years?

Parochial schools in the United States are also responsible for educating students from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, including many who are non-Catholic.