There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you’re supporting everything they do.
Cocaine eyes won’t hide your face.
Every junkie is like a setting sun.
I’ve seen the needle and the damage done.
I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio.
Though my problems are meaningless, that don’t make them go away.
In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary.
With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn’t relate to the next verse. I don’t think that one day really relates to the next day in life.
We need to spread out now in the universe. I think in 100 years we’ll be living on other planets.
The cutthroat avenues of rock ‘n’ roll, I am fed up with. I don’t want anything to do with it.
Studios are passe for me. I’d rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.
I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that’s it. It’s no different than playing in clubs.
I don’t like to be labeled, to be anything. I’ve made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it’s counter-productive.
Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They’re very annoying.
This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it’s a four-year story.
If you wanna write a song, ask a guitar.