There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

People degrade themselves in order to make machines seem smart all the time.

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.

The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns.

Money doesn't talk. It screams.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.

I write to the beat and let life play the guitar strings

I feel like I've been becoming more and more like the city I had been living in and creating in.

The next time your core beliefs are challenged - try being curious instead of furious.