Being from Texas, I didn't know anything about gangsters and people like that, I had no fear of people.

I knew when I left to go to start my career, you don't want to get in front of a band and say, uh, give me "Stardust" without saying D-flat.

I did not want vocal groups. I was not interested in singing with a group because there's too much problem with groups in the first place.

Most artists don't know a hit. You can say I want this one to be a hit but it never become that way. The public decides that for you.

Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

Who, except the poets, reads poetry?

If it weren't for God's grace, you and I wouldn't be able to live for even one more minute.

In exchange for ten years of being on top, I'm gonna end up in prison or I'm gonna end up dead, and there's something fascinating about that.

The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).

You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things. I guess for the good or for the bad, it don't matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it's all said and done.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Once you start enjoying your life, the rest is easy.

Colour is the soul of Nature and of the entire cosmos.