People Can Try To Make Me Into

I Was Comparatively Late In Understanding Bob Dylan's Overwhelming Importance As A Songwriter. Everybody Who Does My Job Exists In The Shadow Of Bob Dylan. There Are Two Categories: Dylan And Everybody Else. It's As Simple As That. And It's Going To Be That Way Until He Dies.

The Drama Teacher That I Had In High School, Back In Texas, Was The Only Teacher Who Didn't Kick Me Out Of His Class. He Turned Me On To 'the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I Had Picked Up Dylan With 'bringing It All Back Home,' And He Turned Me On To The First Couple Of Albums, Which I Hadn't Heard.

I Don't Type Fast. I Type With Three Fingers - Two On One Hand, And I Only Get One Going On The Other. I Think My Thumb's In There, But I'm Not Sure. I May Be No Better Than An Orangutan When It Comes To That.

I Think It's Obvious That Democracy Is Something That Is Contagious, And It Always Has Been.

San Antonio Is Like A Military Town. It's Like Literally - When I Was Growing Up There, There Were Five Air Force Bases, Plus Fort Sam Houston. I Was Always Sort Of Near The Military.