I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have inside yet to come out.

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.

Good thinking brings good feeling and good feeling brings good thinking.

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.

I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.

And I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.

In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.

I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.

We talk of wild animals but man is the only wild animal. It is man that has broken out. All other animals are tame animals

It's not about how long you can live, it's about how long you can forget and forgive.

People more often kill those they love than those they hate. Possibly because only the people you love can really make life unendurable to you.

Every threatening of God, as well as every promise shall be fulfilled.

Do you guys think its worse to wear a fedora or kill 15 people?

This planet can be a paradise in the 22nd century.

You only get out of it what you put into it. If you are a sheep in this world, you're not going to get much out of it.

My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history, he was unbelievable. He was one of the most amazing men - the most amazing man that I ever met... He lived an amazing life.

Photography is an empathy towards the world.

Faith hasn't got no eyes, but she's long-legged.