They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.

The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.

But he won’t let the pain blot out the humor no more’n he’ll let the humor blot out the pain.

He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people.

You had a choice: you could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in the fog, painful as it might be, or you could relax and lose yourself

It's the truth, even if it didn't happen......if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

The stars up close to the moon were pale they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

I don't seem able to get it straight in my mind....

Society is what decides who's sane and who isn't, so you got to measure up.

We are living in the falsehood due to the erroneous teachings of the society, community and the bordered nations.

A cute outfit can really make your day. If I wear something I look good in, my mood just goes way up.

Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think.

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.

It hurts to care; the courage to care is the profoundest courage there is.

I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.

Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts.

The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question.

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.