I've always said that gray hair looks good on everybody but yourself. To me, it makes me look old.

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.

I have no riches but my thoughts, Yet these are wealth enough for me

Living life is sacred education.

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.

I think serial monogamy says it all.

What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.

I was just sort of moving through time.

I don't really have an explanation. I'm struggling myself to comprehend what has happened and find a reason for it.

I'm not quite as limber, but for my peers and my age group, I'm still top notch!

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me