The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, 'What bad guys should I go after today?'

I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty.

Jim Morrison was a well-built boy, larger than average, and young enough to maintain the engorged silent connection right through the residue of chemicals.

All male writers, incidentally, no matter how broke or otherwise objectionable, have pretty wives. Somebody should look into this.

The popular choice, by more than 2 million votes, is a completely qualified candidate for president.

He who has love, is in God, and God is in him, for God is love.

I mean, who wants to live waking up... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge.

When she read just now to James, 'and there were numbers of soldiers with kettledrums and trumpets,' and his eyes darkened, she thought, why should they grow up, and lose all that?

Not a man alive has so much luck that he can play with it.

Each close you use should be an educational process by which you are able to raise the value in the prospect's mind.