In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

The truest protest is beauty.

The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.

Donald Trump is worse than any horror story I've written.

Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth.

Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography.

I could add her to the long list of people I didn't understand.

We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives.

Think what a great world revolution will take place when ... [there are] millions of guys all over the world with rucksacks on their backs tramping around the back country.

What you BECOME on earth matters far more than what you DO. You're taking your character to heaven, not your career.

I'm not a natural songwriter.

Our time in this life is limited. And how we respect that time will create a greater possibility for fulfillment.