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What's in that pipe that he's smoking?
No Judgment = No Expectations: That's my motto.
Yes, I was born in Coney Island. The Holy Land.
There's only one God. Call him whatever you want
The New York State Freeway's closed, man. Far out!
Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
I froze in time! And I thought, "My God... I'm free!"
If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.
The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living.
I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle
I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle.
I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.
I'd rather have friends who care than friends who agree with me.
Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted.
You teach kids how to succeed when they successfully foil the educational system.
With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.
Coming into Los Angeles, bringing in a couple of keys. Don't touch my bags, if you please Mr. Customs man.
Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.
We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin', father raping, all kinds of groovy things.
There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America
There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America.
It's about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar.
Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.
Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it's a bad idea to fish downstream from Bob Dylan.
I don't want a pickle, I just want ride on my motorcikle. I don't want to die, I just want a ride on my motorcy........cle.
I don't do anything on stage that allows me to become a trained seal, where you're just doing the same thing over and over.
We would turn everything into songs in those days...A lot of people think "Alice's Restaurant" was an anti-war song. It's not.
Ostrich is a very lean meat. Bison is a very lean meat. Chicken is a very lean meat. Notice something about my favorite meats?
But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobodys got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.
But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobody's got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.
I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.
I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud... or tired.
I've written quite a variety of songs, everything from kids songs to political satire, and my dad covered a fairly large range, also.
Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.
Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren't famous, and a lot of famous people aren't important.
You don't need spirituality to discover the troubles that come your way. But, it's good to know that troubles are not unique to you alone.
I thought I would be governor of Massachusetts. I stood on a pile of my old albums and said, 'I'm the only one with a record to stand on.'
Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?
Music is a nice friend to have around, whether it is just for yourself or for other people. If you can enjoy it, being professional is almost secondary.
Thank God that the people that run this world are not smart enough to keep running it forever. You know, everybody gets a handle on it for a little while.
Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said, 'Right.'
If you do anything for 40 years, you can do it comfortably. And it will always be good. But unless you're willing to risk it being bad, it can never be great.
People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so common it was just uncommon.
Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.
Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. They have the resources to cast doubt and fear over any group they feel threatened by.
If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning which caused that misunderstanding.
My mother had introduced me to a lot of my father's friends because she believed that I would get to know the guy my dad was better through his friends than just in the hospital visits.
I don't write as many songs as I used to. But, I find myself writing for social media more - times have changed. And I love photography, so a lot of my creative energy gets caught up that way.
Everywhere I go, I see all kinds of people at my shows - conservatives, liberals, new-agers, teen-agers, old pensioners. And for those people to have something in common is real interesting to me.