I think when you're in the public eye, you feel a pressure to stay younger looking.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

Discouragement is a signal of the flesh and the tongue

God is never in a hurry, but God is never late

In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.

A credit card is a convenient device that saves you the trouble of counting your change.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Nobody knows what I am trying to do but I do and I know when I succeed.

The Medici made me and the Medici destroyed me.

A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

I don't like watching myself on TV, I don't like reading about myself.