I don't really collect guitars.

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.

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.

Never let yourself be swayed by emotions, ' her mother had said. 'Emotions are fleeting. They come and go. But reality stays with you forever.

Don't make a career out of underestimating me." — Claire de Haven

The existence of trousers proves that God meant us to be bipeds.

Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled.

Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.

Remember to delight yourself first, then others can be truly delighted.

Phenomena intersect; to see but one is to see nothing.

For instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully.

I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.