I Set My Monkey On The Log,

Johnny's In The Basement Mixing Up The Medicine I'm On The Pavement Thinking 'bout The Government.

You Have To Look At Every One Of Your Songs And Be Able To Identify With Them In A Meaningful Way. You Can Hardly Sing Your Songs Unless You're In Them. If You Want To Fake It, Go Ahead. Fake It If You Want. But I'm Not That Kind Of Singer.

Somebody Had To Be Bob Dylan. I Guess I Was Best Equipped To Do The Job.

The Exploitation And Superficiality Of Mainstream America Is The Object Not Of [bob] Dylan's Hipster Scorn, But Of An Apocalyptic Parable Of Holy Fools And Righteous Thieves - The Kind Of Imagery That Dylan's Later Work Would Explore More Fully.

You Can Always Come Back, But You Can't Come Back All The Way.