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" I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished. "

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" I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune. "

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" I had a very messianic childhood. "

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" We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it. "

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" I don't have any sense or urgency about any of my writing, actually. I don't think mankind will be damaged if I don't put out a new album or a new book. "

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" This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.' "

" Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered. "

" We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup. "

" I never had the sense that there was an end: that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot. "

" Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity. "

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" To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself. "

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" I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use. "

" I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write. "

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" There are writers who are great visionaries, who can depict huge movements - things like that. They're the great writers. I'm just the other kind. "

" When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do. "

" If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often. "