Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure.

A chiropractor accomplished in three weeks what the army doctors haven't been able to do in two years.

I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.

My father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing.

Hey Lord... Whatever I done... Don't strike me blind for another couple ah minutes.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

Friendship is the wine of life.

As I sat up I turned my head to the side, but immediately straightened it again when I felt a sharp pain shoot through my neck.

No matter was the professional talkers tell you, I never met a black boy who wanted to fail.

When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.

What's the use of askin' a man to execute if he can't execute?

There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding.

The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.

We [The Replacements] formed as a rock and roll band, and that was the path we chose to take. Whenever we deviated from it we felt, unless everybody was into it, there was tension.

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.