Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

My alar is like the ocean in storm. (Devi)

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

Draw great strength from your family and give in turn to those who come after you.

Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.

For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.

If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

I've learned one hell of a lot about men in my lifetime. They're all right to take to bed, but you sure better never let them get a stranglehold on you.

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

The most important decisions you make are not the things you do, but the things you decide not to do.

Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.