I would like to be remembered as a - somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who's kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.

It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.

I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

As they say in the bible, that you're supposed to rejoice when people die and mourn when they're born, because it's one of the most painful acts you go through in life, is being born, and dying.

Rock 'n roll was born in the South, man. It's like saying rock-rock.

In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.

Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do.

Even if we eat the best diet ever (and I highly recommend that we do), we still may not achieve the longevity that is possible.

If one flower has to grow out of all the weeds, let that flower be YOU.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Cycling is not a sport it's a lifestyle.

I never volunteer to talk about god or religion, but people feel compelled to talk about it.

Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

Set not your heart upon the world, since God hath not made it your portion.