My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling, won't you play with my ding-a-ling.

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

It’s amazing the damage we do to ourselves and others when all we’re trying to do is protect ourselves from being hurt.

I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential.

People care more about being thought to have good taste than about being thought either good clever or amiable.

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

It was the people who did not care who filled the world with fire and oppression. It was the hands of the indifferent that lit the faggots; it was the hands of the indifferent that turned the rack.

We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist.

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.

Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.

You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But, listen to me. Without fanfare, without embarrassment, without doubt,I talk directly to your soul. Listen to me.

The plan itself is opportunism. There is no plan before that.