Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb. — Bob Dylan

"a poem is a naked person . . . some people say that I am a poet"

"Hes a pinboy. He also wears suspenders. Hes a real person. You know him, but not by that name... I saw him come into the room one night and he looked like a camel. He proceeded to put his eyes in his pocket. I asked this guy who he was and he said, "Thats Mr. Jones." Then I asked this cat, "Doesnt he do anything but put his eyes in his pocket?" And he told me, "He puts his nose on the ground." Its all there, its a true story."

"Twenty years of schoolin And they put you on the day shift"

"I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too" He said, "Youre not Him"

"The ancient empty streets too dead for dreaming."

"I am a writer an a singer of the words I write I am no speaker nor any politician an my songs speak for me because I write them in the confinement of my own mind an have t cope with no one except my own self."