Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.

God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play.

You know, I'm an eagle, flying around in the mountains.

I just believe in my Indian, spiritual god and my music.

I'm surprised that I actually pulled off the recording, getting all those people at the same time.

Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me.

But I don't believe in organised politics, organised religion, organised music, organised anything.

Soul music is pain - you can hear the slaves, the beatin' and the hurtin'.

Because I'm not the same today as I was in '58, or '59 or even '71.

If you went to see me today, you might not like my music.

If I become the man you want, I wouldn't be the man I am.

He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

I have come to think that's where Heaven is, a place in the memories of other where our best selves live

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.

Woman's primary place is in the home, where she is to rear children and abide by the righteous counsel of her husband.

I am not at all in favor of hard work for its own sake; many people who work very hard indeed produce terrible things, and should most certainly not be encouraged.

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

To all that he touched he gave a new meaning, a new color, a new outline, a new loveliness, and a new poignancy.

The universe is endless. Enlightenment is endless. You have only touched the outer periphery of the endless still center of perfect being.

Our best people don't go into politics.