The fact that when we die we are nothing more than worm meat---I just don't think about it.

For people to judge a man's worth and his very manhood according to the way he feels about sport, and not to recognize it for the piddly, inconsequential goings on that it really is.

I started concentrating so hard on my vision that I lost sight.

Happiness just wasn't part of the job description back then. You tried to find a helpmate to keep the cold wind and dogs at bay. Happiness just wasn't part of the equation. Survival was.

Repetition is the death of art.

My masculinity isn't hinged on whether or not I knit.

Trust in Him with everything I have even if I have nothing, and right now, that's about all I've got.

The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.

I think people have common sense and can tell what's real, what's right or what's wrong and work it out.

I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.

You are my courage, as I am your conscience," he whispered. "You are my heart---and I your compassion. We are neither of us whole, alone. Do ye not know that, Sassenach?

But you could miss me with all that, diss me then crawl back. I really wish yall would fall back, but gettin rich suppose to solve that.

Crusaders shouldn't have been allowed in from the start.

What a treasure is hidden in two small words: 'thank you!'

Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.

I know for an actual fact that the things I say or that my brothers say on the mic are valid for life. What we say, if you're smart you get it, if you're stupid, you learn about 3 years later.