Touch not the fighting-dog without a glove.Give me a fighting-dog and I come alive.Fighting-dogs always meant more to Tom Mitchell than people.

And I began to suspect that the ultimate sacrifice isn't death after all

I know from experience that females need a certain amount of chocolate. We have two of them in the house. I don't want them growing restless.

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen.

The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory

There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.

I'm a really stoic artist. I'm serious a lot of times. I can joke and play sometimes, but most of the time, I'm stoic.

And you know, I believed him. What girl wouldn't?

Only in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad; for it is just as rare for it to be one or the other. It is usually both.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Did they practice looking suspicious in mirrors? Welcome to the United States. Don’t even think about chewing gum the wrong way.’ (Carlos)