I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

I would like to be remembered as a - somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who's kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.

It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.

I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

As they say in the bible, that you're supposed to rejoice when people die and mourn when they're born, because it's one of the most painful acts you go through in life, is being born, and dying.

Rock 'n roll was born in the South, man. It's like saying rock-rock.

In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

But there is something about human beings that too often makes our love for the world look very much like hatred for it.

If you want to be loved be lovable.

I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.

I cannot write too much upon how necessary it is to be completely conservative that is particularly traditional in order to be free.

I love imperfections.

I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover - the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.

Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.

Pack an outfit to change into on the plane.

I set about fifty-five years ago (1927) to see what a penniless, unknown human individual with a dependent wife and newborn child might be able to do effectively on behalf of all humanity

The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.