It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean..

I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them..

All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD..

The easiest way to get laid by a girl, or get rid of her, is to write a song about her..

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are thi….

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time..

I come from a school of people, folk singers, and the tradition there is troubadours, and you're carrying a message. Admittedly, our job is partly ju….

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love..

There has never been a communism that worked. They were all dictatorships or oligarchies, every single one..

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear..

The stupid thing I incorrectly believed for a long time is that I believed for a long time that some politicians could sometimes tell the truth..

My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own..

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love..

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea..

I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see someone loving on their child, and it mov….

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing..

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words..

While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will..

I don't think being angry is useful or healthy, and usually when I get angry, my brain just goes right out the window. Boom, as soon as the adrenalin….

I've been given a gift [musical talent] - don't misuse it. I spent a lot of time just wasting that talent, not treasuring it, not valuing it, not res….

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this..