I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.

All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.

I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.

Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own

Now I lay me down to cheat on the woman I love so, and if I die between these sheets I pray to God she'll never know.

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

My long hair just can't cover up my redneck.

You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister; The whole world called me 'Hank'!

The Beatles were just the beginning of everything music could be, just like the Stones I was Rolling along like a ship lost out on the sea.

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination

It takes courage, motivation, discipline, and persistence to get out of comfort zone.

Without the incense of heartfelt prayer even the greatest of cathedrals is dead.

If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.

The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

The moment you put a deadline on your dream,it becomes a goal.

If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus.

I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.

Light, air, sound. In every space, it's how you embrace those things.

I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.

Tomorrow is another day toward death.