When you make a record, your own record, and you don't even recognize it yourself, it's hard to think if anybody else is going to recognize.

You fog the mind, you stir the soul.

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.

I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.

Boy, do I got some stories to tell.

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'

Forgiveness is healing—everything is energy—thoughts create—we are all connected—what you resist persists—true love never dies—the soul’s immortality is the only true immortality—

Awareness is the first step in rewriting old stories.

I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms.

One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn ten thousand dollars a year.

They [Iran] are going to end up getting nuclear. I met with Bibi Netanyahu the other day. Believe me, he's not a happy camper.

Having no talent is no longer enough.

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.

There are strange moments in life when the mind rests without any kind of worries. When our mind is quiet, when our mind is in silence, then the new arrives.

I'm just passionately in love with my kids.