I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I don't try to compete or see what other people are doing.

If you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.

I'm on a seafood diet - I see food, I eat it.

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Then the door flew open and Mr. Faulks told us to head over to the gym. I thought that was really smart. Get all of us in one place so the aliens didn't have to waste a lot of ammunition.

Every personal existence was upheld by a secret.

This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!

But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.

A man who does nothing never has time to do anything

I'm a devoted husband. That must strike you as totally deviant.

My thoughts are starts I can't fathom into constellations.

The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.

If God did not love us, we could not love him. And Sufis are those who have realized this love.

I have always held the conviction that American citizens should keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible.