I got tired of playing other people's songs.

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.

How superfluous other people can seem when you are convinced you already have the only ones you need.

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.

Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.

I want to make music that stands the test of time.

I really kind of pride myself on figuring stuff out pretty quickly but I couldn't, couldn't. I just had no idea.

Whoever wishes to be delivered from the Fire and enter the Garden should die with faith in God and the Last Day and should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them.

Politics is not only about personal choice. That one also needs to take into consideration what the people want because in the end, they are the ones who decide.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

I forgot and left the lighthouse on all night. Next day the sun wouldn't rise.

Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social intelligence.