I love my wife more than anything in the world, but boy when she had our babies, it quadrupled. There's just something about the connection.

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

When you touch and change peoples lives with a song, that's when you've made it as an artist

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.

Art's for art. Money's for pizza.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

I still got a few more dances with the devil...

Man without compassion is the coldest thing ever in this universe!

There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.

I want to be your lover. Burn your list, Jane. Let me be the one.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

I made the connection between food and weight, but feeling good or bad was a separate issue.

At every stage in life you think about death. But teenagers especially are sort of invincible. They're not supposed to be thinking about dying yet, or else they'd be too afraid to live.

I declare I know no state of soul more dangerous than to imagine we are born again and sanctified by the Holy Ghost, because we have picked up a few religious feelings.

Life ain't about how fast you run or how high you climb, It's all about how good you bounce. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.