I'm thankful for performing as long as I am allowed.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news.

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

Never give up on learning unless you are tired of growing and willing to settle for less.

You'd be teary, too, yes you would be, " he said, "if a girl and her bed had crashed into your head.

The birds in the sky can never great the king yet their beauty gives the king to stare at them endlessly, wishing to be with them in the sky.

he's incapable of suffering for a long time, or being happy for a long time. Which means that he's incapable of anything really worth while.

Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations.

I say one evil empire down...one to go.

Work is fundamental to the dignity of the person. Work, to use an image, 'anoints' with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God who has worked and still works, who always acts.

I'm open to love. But guys should have to earn it. Because the minute they get it, they want something else.

The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.

As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture.