Arlo Guthrie

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.

The truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or another, a fairly sensual species.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.