Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
Well I won’t back downNo I won’t back downYou can stand me up at the gates of hellBut I won’t back down
I think that if people realize that with an mp3, you’re only getting five percent of the sound that’s there. But when you hear the entire thing… I think it would save the music business. It’s such a drastic change.
The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.
I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
I don’t know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I’m at during a particular moment in time.
It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
The great thing about the Wilburys was that none of us had to take the heat by ourselves. I was just a member of the band. Nobody felt like he was above anybody else. We had such a good time.
The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn’t that bad! The writing came natural to me.
‘Free Fallin’ is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It’s downright bad for your health now, and that’s not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back you have to be a kind of team going through life.
I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
I think television’s become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television.
You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.