Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

When the tram has arrived at the stop, you have to be there! Calculate where a good opportunity will stop and be there!

Mine is the river.where the love runs deep, that if you fall in, you'll be mine to keep.

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn't cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.

Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.

Leave glory to great folks. Ah, castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up!

We as Iraqis have suffered enormously as a result of al-Qaeda and its leader.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

What do you do when something you work on defeats you?

When you're with the person you love, you're home.