I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.

That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.

If it's not too late, make it a cheese-burger

What would we do if we didn't try? We have to try.

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.

Barbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it's too sweet, it's bound to be hiding something.

Home is where my horse is.

When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.

You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you.

Man, I need to impress her, cause I'd like to undress her.

The woe of wrath comes to whoever does wicked acts.

All that really matters isto feel alive, if only for a single moment –to feel in Intense Sensationthat our existence is not an endless repetitionof sleeping, eating, drinking, and dressing.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.

Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for.

The world's waistlines are expanding, but it's an epidemic of a larger issue in terms of our bounty having become our burden.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

The older I get, the more I appreciate what came before.

God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.