I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.

I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation.

Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.

Thank God we don't know a lot about Shakespeare or Moses or Homer or Lautreamont. These are the best guys we got, and their art is powerful because they're mysterious.