I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.

Nobody keeps a cat. They condescend to live with you is all.

Here she comes that little town flirt, you're falling for her and you're gonna get hurt.

There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.

Hard to guess what people see in each other, fortunately for the continued existence of the human race.

I eat ice cream. It's better than booze.

When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.

It's curious how many people are ready to believe that the highest prices guarantee the best value.

I wonder why why why why why why, she ran away?

Society is a collection of selves perpetuating their myth.

Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.

But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence... also the damnest fool.

I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.

Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

I mean, I'm the tag of the [ Big Bang Theory ] show! That was one of the easiest jobs I've ever had.

God is love and love is everywhere, however you need to see it or experience it, whatever name you have for it.

I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I found myself mute.