I’ve had more people come up and thank me and say they never thought they’d see these cars again,

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.

Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

I’m not trying to get myself deported or something. In a big way this is the most pro-American record I’ve ever made.

If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.

I think we have passed a meaningful piece of legislation here today that’s certainly going to enhance mine safety. We think that the additional inspections will certainly improve mine safety.

pushing the edge of the envelope to attract attention, but it’s the wrong subject at the wrong time. He’s been going nowhere fast for a long time, and while this may draw fleeting attention, it...

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I’m it, and that’s what passes for leisure.

From my side, we’ll have the best field ever. The response has been tremendous. When the event was troubled, then continued with closer ties to the Navy, it seemed to increase everyone’s desire to be...

The play’s about forgiveness,

Me, I’m spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that’s about as close to God as I get.

But it’s the first time I’ve ever been married sober,

If they’re as committed to mine safety as they say they are, then they need to incorporate these things into their bill. These are things that shouldn’t be argued over.

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

I think we all care just as much about our coal miners as we do our deer and turkey.

That money was put in that fund for miners who are suffering and dying from black lung, and that’s what the intent was and that’s what it should be used for.

…introduced Doc to the miracle of morphine. From that very first shot it was as if he’d discovered the one vital ingredient that God had left out when He’d sent Doc kicking and screaming into...

At that point one of the nurses and I reached for the button at the same time and delivered one shock.

It was kind of crazy luck that it was me with the device and two nurses that were three of the first four on the scene.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

Even though I talk about them every day, I was still incredibly nervous and shaken. It was a stressful situation.

To me, this is about sticking to my guns and keeping my word to the artists involved.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what’s going on in the world really bizarre.

The Revolution Starts Now

I don’t really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

I make an embarrassing amount of money for a borderline Marxist, just by selling 100,000 records. I don’t sell millions of records, and I don’t need to.

I don’t usually read reviews.