There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.

I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other.

There is a vast territory between what we're trying to leave behind, and where we want to go - and we don't have any maps for that territory.

I'm down to Earth, a lover of music, making music and making love. I love to make people happy and I think I'm basically a good person … despite what you might read about me.

But the works of man are impotent against the assaults of nature . . .

To see Earth fully we already need to love it

The life of an artist is a continuous journey, the path long and never ending.

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.

Gordon Lightfoot looms pretty large in my life as a writer and an artist in general. I never travel anywhere without at least two of his records with me.

Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

Expand your references, and you'll immediately expand your life.