Im the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. Thats the way my mother raised me.

When I heard BB Kings Sweet Sixteen, I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.

I always look back and say I should have made more. It should have been more lucrative, but it wasnt.

Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.

When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis.

Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

Don't be afraid if your idea is crazy, because good things come from crazy ideas. (p. 96)

I just realized, there is too much of me in me.

I'm scared all the time, " she whispered. "You'd be an idiot if you weren't, " Anne said. "And you wouldn't be brave either.

We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history.

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it. Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has an excuse

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.

The stars in the sky are really other suns like our own, around which orbit other planets. (paraphrase)

Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.