Don't bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I'm almost grown.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news.

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important.

Greed is an excessive desire for something more than one’s proper share.

I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said

Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]

Florence - the city of tranquillity made manifest.

Kurt Vonnegut speaking to John Irving while Irving was administering the Heimlich maneuver in response to Vonnegut's uncontrollable coughing..."John,stop- I am not choking. I have emphysema.

Be a best friend. Tell the truth. And overuse "I love you"

I'm not particularly fond of the Hamptons.

The more people there are, the more food we need, the more space we occupy, the more resources and consumer goods we wish to have and the more development has to take place

I'm tired of people taking off their clothes.