I can't say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race - that's something you CAN win.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Never complain. Never explain.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

I'll admit it I'm on acid: uric acid! It makes my gout hurt like hell, but the foods I eat are so damn well

The longer I don't write, the more I hurt.

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

Jah come to break downpression, rule equality, wipe away transgression, set the captives free.

And, of all the things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.

Nobody really knows whether they are a poet. I knew I was interested from the age of 15.

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.

I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head.

my mother will never leave me. We're together. She will always stay in my heart.

With all my ideas and follies I could one day found a corporate company for the propagation of beautiful but unreliable imaginings.