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There are no real men.
I never want to bore the public.
I don't wish to embarrass anyone.
I'm not going to judge what I do.
How much did you get for your soul?
I hope there is an edge to what I do.
A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss
A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss.
I expect people to at least use some thought.
My policy is to do the least amount to get by.
No amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat.
The celebrity thing is such a thing in itself now.
It's my tough luck if things happen that are complicated.
I'm not a complete moron like most musicians whom I've met.
I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be.
You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life.
I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.
I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.
I'm all for bootlegging. A record costs $20 . . . who can afford that?
I'm mindful not to get too self-pitying or too revealing of my own pain.
There'sthemeat eaters and there'sus. And that'stheway I look at the world.
If you don't have a flag sticking out of your ass, you must be a communist.
I can't force myself to do anything I don't wanna do, really. I never have.
I've never been to a Hollywood party, although I imagine that it might be fun.
I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good, and I think she's a good singer.
Realize your own potential and try to live out your expectations of your potential.
Being on tour sends me crazy, I drink too much and out comes the John Mcenroe in me.
I always thought if a guy could play the guitar, he must be something really special.
I don't like to think that I'm on a treadmill of album, tour, promotion and all that.
I'm not saying I'd already done anything, actually, but I'd passed my experimental streak.
I'm nothing without a band. I always feel like I'm part of the road crew until I'm on stage.
I think Bob Dylan's a good songwriter. I think he's the best songwriter in the world probably.
I'll make music as long as I can sing and stand up and hold a guitar and I feel like doing this.
My heroes would never let me down; they never have. I've never been disappointed by any of them.
I don't really go out to clubs, but if I did, I'd just want to go rock out with my mates or whatever.
Once you stop drinking and smoking and stuff, it really gets on your nerves, all that nonsense going on.
I don't like to be recognized on the street or in restaurants, and I don't like the whole celebrity thing.
I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.
Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!
I'd really rather just be the anonymous Mr. Nobody who I always was up until I first went onstage. I liked that.
I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them.
I can only cook brown rice and vegetables, so I don't get too many people coming over for dinner parties or anything.
I preferred rock when it was in the dark, when it was a secret between me and the audience, when it wasn't mainstream.
I feel displaced when I'm back in America, like a visitor. I feel like if I don't get a cup of tea I'm going to lose my mind.
Real success is not being on the cover of a magazine; it's knowing that you've done, and enjoyed doing, what you set out to do.
Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.
I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable.
I used to think I was ordinary and just like everybody else, and I am, but there is something about being in a band. It's not for everyone.
I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.
The so-called feminist writers were disgusted with me. I did my thing, and so I guess by feminist standards I'm a feminist. That suits me fine.