Now you wear your skin like iron

Humans can't live in the present, like animals do. Humans are always thinking about the future or the past. So it's a veil of tears, man. I don't know anything that's going to benefit me now, except love. I just need an overwhelming amount of love. And a nap. Mostly a nap.

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

There are only two kinds of songs there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah.

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.

I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken.

Human's can't live in the present as animals do they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.