I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

Bebek berjalan berbondong-bondong, akan tetapi burung elang terbang sendirian.

The vision teller tells the vision to unguarded minds' of prey. The programmed.

The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.

I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I'm not that comfortable.

I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted.

Amongst black people, you have always heard it said that once a black man reaches a certain level, especially if you are an entertainer, you get a white trophy woman. I didn't make that up.

Like there's actually a need for Greenland. You can get ice at 7-Eleven.

For I have known them all already, known them all— Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Don't apologize for being patriotic. Support the troops

Our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of the past.