I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.

I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and ev'ry highway, And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

As long as you're growing in your profession and you're respected, you're going to stay as clean as you can, because you've got something that you love that you don't want to lose.

The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes.

There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out.

Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.

I respect Jay-Z. I like him.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.

Regrets, I've had a few but then again too few to mention. And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

The biggest difference between writing a movie and writing a novel? No one ever tries to sleep with me to get into one of my novels.

He stood there a moment, listened to the creek, and let the mountain air blow against his face. Even with all this heartache, it was beautiful here.

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

The only good excuse for not succeeding is DEATH! Unless you're trying to be a ghost. Then it's LIFE!

Everybody wants something.

Over in Iraq after you vote they paint your finger purple so you can't vote again. It's a flawless system. It works perfectly unless, of course, someone has paint remover.

The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section.

We cannot afford to not stick and work together for the betterment of our community.

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.