There are problems and conditions of this world that man nor woman can solve

Any type of desire is beggary. One who is without any desire is called ‘Gnani’ [the enlightened one].

All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.

The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it's not because they forget; it's because they forgive.

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

I will rejoice the day when they say: This is right whether we all rot on top of each other or not, dear children, as we certainly may. Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding.

Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly when I see him.

A wise one determines his own fate.

A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.

If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid.

When I was a boy, I was a bit puzzled, and hardly knew weather it was myself or the world that was curious and worth looking into. Now I know that it is myself, and stick to that.