I'm not one of those people who write all the time. Sometimes I'll go several months without writing anything. I'll sometimes second guess myself and wonder if I'll ever write another song.

No journalist knows the ins and outs of the Allman Brothers Band better than Alan Paul.

[The blues] is the antidote for sadness and depression.

A psychopathy on Anarres was rational behavior on Urras.

Blacks have a special history, since they were enslaved and were here as early as the first Americans. I hate to sound like a liberal but these are facts. That makes blacks a special group.

We regard our parties as interesting groups of gladiators.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

Your heart is greater than your wounds.

...our state will not...secede. Have no doubt but Lincoln will make a good president - at least we ought to give him a fair trial.

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

The primordial fire of reality is going to burn through the hull of our little ego spaceship, and scatter us like stars.

All your desires, whatever they may be, are expressions of your longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself well.

Strain your brain more than your eye.