I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

When I heard BB Kings Sweet Sixteen, I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.

Im the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. Thats the way my mother raised me.

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.

I always look back and say I should have made more. It should have been more lucrative, but it wasnt.

Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.

When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis.

Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.

In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles.

Nothing that was real ever died, only names, forms, and illusions.

you can't set down and stand up at the same time, each situation has its advantages, but you can't be in both places at once ... it can't be did.

It isn't the sign of a good sport to go out among other people when one has a cold: it is the sign of a selfish and ill-advised person.

I love an old-school gentleman. Picking me up for dates, sending flowers, holding the door open, I love it all.

The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart.

When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?

There is no mundane dimension really, if you have the eyes to see it, it is all transcendental.