There's only one thing that's certainAnd that's everybody, everybody's hurting

Tolerance can lead to learning something.

A guilty conscience means at least you have one.

There is trouble in my mind There is dark, there's dark and there is light There is no order, and there is chaos, and there is crime There is no one home tonight, in the empire of my mind

I do like a song that can look good on a page without even being sung. I edit and edit and edit.

It doesn't always have a shape,Almost never does it have a name,It maybe has a pitchfork, maybe has a tail,But evil is alive and well.

But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me. Through this maze of ugliness and greed.

Its a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?

I liked getting the Grammy more than not getting it.

Bob Dylan led me to this kind of music - and it's his and ours. And it's nobody else's.

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.

Do not let your heart be troubled, trust in God.

Leading people is like cookingDon’t stir too much
It annoys the ingredients
And spoils the food

What better way to try to begin to understand the nature and meaning of human memory than to investigate its absence?

The key to your happiness, Depends on what's in focus.

Sometimes your wish can become chaos ... be careful what you wish for!

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous, ' on the other.

Networking is an essential part of building wealth.

Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.

The value of a social network is defined not only by who's on it, but by who's excluded.

Being an American, what I've noticed is that we're in such a race. You wake up and you realize you're in the middle of a race, and some people are running right by you.