What is luck but something made to run out.

Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room.

To me, chocolate was the sole reason we on this earth.

I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up.

Ain't no glory made from being dependable.

It's like that, I guess, when the past come to collect what you owe.

It's early yet. It's always early, while you still alive.

Ain't no man can outrun his fate.

The kid come in at a strange angle, made the notes glitter like crystal.

Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine.

Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly sensitive and astute.

Pops added, "you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve.""And if you do, you never get the results you expected, " (Katherine) replied.

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.

There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

because talent alone doesn't make an artist

We need to do more than win an election or win the House or win the presidency, my friends: we need to make this beloved country of ours God's country once again.

Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.