The light was different here in California.

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

If there were ever such a thing as a unique opinion, history would probably be less inclined to repeat itself.

Not having any drink about ain’t the same as not understanding the need for one. Times like these change a body’s perspective.

Acknowledgement is the only way to keep love alive.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs.

I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did.

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.

Mortars and artillery don't discriminate against gender.

Do not be awed by giant predecessors. Be ill-tempered with their renown. Point out flaws. Frighten interviewers from Time. Appear in Playboy. Sell to the movies.