"And the Lord said: 'Man means nothing, he means less to me than the lowliest cactus flower or humblest yucca tree'" -Randy Newman

"Maybe it's fine, maybe it's fine, but can I justify the good times?" -Gus White, Minna Kerr

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"You've got to keep thinking, you can make it thru these waves, acid, booze, and ass, needles, guns, and grass, lots of laughs" -Joni Mitchell

"A little trouble makes it worth the going, and a little rain never hurt no one" -Tom Waits

"Turn off the trouble like you turn off a light, went off and left me, it just ain't right, well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go" -Lucinda Williams

"I'm gonna be everything she couldn't hold, I'm gonna dance every day 'til I'm old" -Angie McMahon

"I asked the captain for the time of day, he said he threw his watch away" -Traditional

"Said my name is called disturbance, I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the king, I'll rail at all his servants" -Jagger/Richards

"Sister don't get worried, because the world is almost done" -Jolie Holland

"Our haven on the southern point is calling us" -Grizzly Bear

"At the end of the day, it's still the sun with blood like fire" -Jason Molina