Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York.

Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.

A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.

Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues right.

I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing.

When will money not come to one? It is when he speaks ill of others and scandalizes. Money will come to the one who has purity of mind, body and speech.

Truth exists: whatever a man not able to tell is actually a truth!

Ask not what your Joe Montaperto can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your Joe Montaperto.

Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don't make.

Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .

There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

That's one of the central challenges we face - how to stay true to events and compress the fundamentals.