If you walk with Jesus, he's gonna save your soul. You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole. He's got the fire and the fury at his command.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.

I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who's already been to hell and back.

Just go on..and faith will soon return.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Even your super weirdo creep cousin.

I like to do all kinds of films.

People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.