I would sing the blues if I had the blues.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news.

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

Always be intentional and purposeful in life

We first become aware of freedom or its opposite in our intercourse with others, not in the intercourse with ourselves.

Life can be compared to fishing, you can get anything you want, as long as you use the right bait.

The other day I chanced to meet An angry man upon the street — A man of wrath, a man of war, A man who truculently bore Over his shoulder, like a lance, A banner labeled “Tolerance.

I've made great friends through acting. When I'm with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, we have grand fun. We can make each other howl with laughter because we know each other so well.

Anybody can leap off a building.

Being able to meet fans who look up to me and letting me know they have been inspired by me in some way is so humbling.

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.

There's that thing about the '80s, the '40s and the '60s, and the '30s, the '50s and the '70s. Something about those odd decades in this century that weren't too pleasant.