I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.

True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

You don't find a style. A style finds you

To see, all one has to do is look. To hear, all one has to do is listen.

I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.

We who have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous of our being which we owe to authors.

Do any of us know how we’re actually doing? Whether or not all the hard work and good intentions are paying off?

I miss dating only for that final moment you kiss goodnight, watch her get out of your car and run into the police station.

To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position.

The Great Vessel takes long to complete.

When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.

The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.