Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.

The more you live, the less you die.

I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about.

Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life.

Remember, purpose is about giving...All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others.

When you lurch from one thing to the next, constantly scheming, or reacting to incoming fire, the mind gets exhausted. You get sloppy and make bad decisions.

You have an imperial presidency that makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout.

In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach.

The status quo cannot work.

What we all desire is the fullest, highest expression of ourselves.

It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm.

I appreciate that young girls look up to me. And I take that very seriously.