Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many alibis.

Baby booty, juicy fruity, truck stop cutie, road side beauty, I'm in love with you.

It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.

I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it.

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

Shower the people you love with love.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.

I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

After each experience, you grow up, you get enriched with something, and you don't know how you're going to be in six months, you don't know what you're going to want, what you're going to need.

The most thrilling thing about heaven is that Jesus Christ will be there. I will see Him face to face. Jesus Christ will meet us at the end of life's journey.

There’s great beauty on this world if you just have the eyes to see it.

You do not have to seek God's will when you are doing God's will.

I have to be in a relationship in order to be intimate. I'm not the one-night-stand kind of girl. Despite the rumors.

I recommend hiding for a good year and having no pregnancy style. That's what I recommend. If you can do it, hide. Never leave the house.

I wrote about my life just as I remembered it. I named names and it's very detailed. Hundreds of Sudanese refugees and people from Africa say that my journey is very similar to theirs.

Sometimes when you smile, it's not because you're happy. It's because you're strong.

Love is always the same but people change.

Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances.