Ol' Shoot from the Lip," we call him.

If you tell the same story five times, it's true.

You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.

Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.

I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

I can see you are a fine lady, but this boy is randy as a goat around you and it's plain to see. If he seeks the joys of wedded bliss, he can wed you. Without a weddin' he'll be havin' no bliss.

To be worthy of recognition, be humble.

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but merely say farewell to their own bodies-- and thus become silent.

I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray.

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow

When you think about the person responsible for creating the character and the dialogue, Bill Monahan, who's a Boston guy, obviously, his words roll off my tongue quite nicely.

God made the water but men made the wine.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.