I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.

You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation.

I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs.

Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer.

There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.

I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head.

The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown.

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.

My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a 14 gauge.

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

Every song is like a painting.

You can't stop the futureYou can't rewind the pastThe only way to learn the secret...is to press play.

Mind sees magic because it can be deceived when allowed by heart.

I might call him. A thing divine, for nothing natural. I ever saw so noble.

stay with the beer. beer is continuous blood. a continuous lover.

He who assists a poor or needy villain does evil to his neighbor...for through the assistance which he renders he...supplies him with the means of doing evil to others.

It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.

I think we have to be more proactive in the people we invite to come and speak in school.

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them.

Monsters don't die. They just dissipate into smoke and dust, which saves heroes a lot of trouble cleaning up after a fight.

The whole point of interior design is about creating environments where people can really live their lives and where you can connect with your friends and family.