Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time…

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We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

I love you when I forget about me.

I love you when I forget about me.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...