leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing
Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.
You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.
Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.
It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable. . . . Make up new names for them. Instead of a bridge, you can call it a highway, or an overpass. . . . Music should never be harmless. . . . I remember from my earliest years, people speaking, you know, in a certain kind of rhythm and telling stories and sharing experiences in a way that was different in Indian country than it was other places. And I was really struck by this and obviously very affected by it, because it's always come out in my songs.
Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
You fog the mind, you stir the soul.
I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.
Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.
. . . playing with the Barbie-size keyboard on my new phone. Phones are like toys now. They fit in your pocket, light up and vibrate like joy buzzers. Plus, you can get-I mean, "access"-the Internet and find anything you want. Music. Maps. Porn. Anything. If cell phones came with a cigarette dispenser, they'd be the greatest stupid invention ever.
I liken an affair to the shattering of a Waterford crystal vase. You can glue it back together, but it will never be the same again.