I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.

Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age.

If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.

The power of music just kinda kills all those ills; it cures everything and you’ve got more energy just from the music. And, I’ve never seen it fail. It’s good for ya; real good for ya.

Those bad times are important. They give you a chance to practice, listen, take stock, have a life, get your feet back on the ground, and maybe you'll live to tell the story.

If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.

Music is the language of heaven.

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.

The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work.

If you caress me one more time, you will melt the butter on my toast.

You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile.

The Emoluments section shares with the Constitution. That's not a law that Congress could change or the president could ignore.

All of us have special ones who have loved us into being

I had enough time being single to know I have no regrets about being married!

I know what I want to get down and I haven't got much time to do it in.

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.

The one place you don't want to wear shorts is any major awards show. You can wear them to the Teen Choice or Kids' Choice awards, but not the Oscars or the Emmys.

The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.

And I watch Saturday Night Live religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.