Arlo Guthrie

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

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

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 have a little bit of a belly, a tiny bit of pooch. It's the one thing I don't want to lose. I just like having some softness. If I lose that, then Tom might leave me.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

We don't need another Woody. Even Bob Dylan knew he couldn't be Woody Guthrie... I like Woody Guthrie fine, but I don't need the 50th generation version of it.