"Indecision is a form of self-abuse - be ready to step up!"

“It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do-write songs and sing them to people. ... Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was. ... For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us.”

“I'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it.”

“Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.”

“Experience converts us to ourselves when books fail us.”

“You are purer than the pure. Never manifold, you are individual Consciousness. Unborn, unchanging, all-pervasive You are a mountain of joy.”

“The artist has to be a guardian of the culture.”

“Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.”

“In secluding himself too much from society, an author is in danger of losing that intimate acquaintance with life which is the only sure foundation of power in a writer.”