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When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album.

Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No.

I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it.

I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.

I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.

I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.

I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many teenagers out there in the marketplace.

I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is.

I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.

I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred.

I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians.

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