I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself.

You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.

I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.

I think for a classical musician the goal is the same as an electronic musician. A very good professional classical musician must not think about technique.

'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature.

For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

Forget 'redeeming social value,' dirty pictures are fun. When I die I want my ashes sprinkled over a nudist camp.

When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening.

With Halloween on a Monday this year, that gives people a chance to have parties on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

I love this cornbread so much, I wanna take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant.