My Politics Were Really Radical When I

Becoming Interested In Poetics Got Me Interested In Theater. Theater Is Supposed To Be Poetry, You Know, Before It's Anything Else. It Just Doesn't Fly If It Isn't Musical.

Bob Dylan Is One Of The Very Few People In The History Of Popular Music Who You Can Unquestionably Apply That Word [genius] To.

The Stupidest Thing That A Writer Can Do Is Write A Memoir I Think, Unless It's Right Before You Die -- Maybe.

I Don't Care What's Happening In The Mainstream Of Country Music. I Haven't In A Long Time.

You Make Decisions, And That's What Separates Art From Some Other Pop Music. It Doesn't Mean That You Can't Make An Embarrassing Amount Of Money, For A Borderline Marxist, Doing Something That You Love, But It Does Mean That This Huge Pool Of Money That Was Out There When I Started Making Records In The '80s Is Gone.