I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.

You fog the mind, you stir the soul.

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.

I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.

Boy, do I got some stories to tell.

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'

It's so touching to see so much regret in the eyes of people when they say. 'I have no regrets in life

Our destinies depend on the choices we make. Be it wise or stupid.

Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a given content in the media.

If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens.

No matter what you're doing, if you're trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better.

Someone said to me once that a cigarette at the right moment is better than all the ideals in the world.

I believe it is wrong to give Moscow a rebate on Ukraine sanctions because of Syria.

Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence.

It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.