It's A Terrible Thing Being A Patriarch.

All Songwriters Are Links In A Chain.

The Truth Is A Rabbit In A Bramble Patch. All You Can Do Is Circle Around And Say It's Somewhere In There.

I Used To Agree With Kurt Vonnegut, Who Said That The Human Race Has A Snowball's Chance In Hell Of Being Around A Hundred Years From Now.

Make The Kind Of Music You Love Even If You Never Hear It On The Air. This Was The Basic Lesson I'd Gotten From Alan [lomax]. Alan Said, Pete, Look At All This Great Music Around. You Never Hear It On The Radio, But It's Right There, Great Music.

I Write A Song Because I Want To. I Think The Moment You Start Writing It To Make Money, You're Starting To Kill Yourself Artistically.