When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.

When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.

People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.

Perception in the eye of vengeance becomes blurred. Ren was in need of a slap on the face, but I knew what was coming and that it would do the job properly.

Love is a strange feeling! And you cannot understand what happens to you when it does happen to you.

The nowness of everything is absolutely wondrous. [...] If you see the present tense, boy do you see it! And boy can you celebrate it.

The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the first spiritual experience.

I search but never find, hurt but never cry I work and forever try but I'm cursed, so never mind.

I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always wanted to write an animated score since I was a little kid.

You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing.

How was I gonna get an education, sitting right back of Bobby Ann Mason?

You can kill a thousand; you can bring an end to life; you cannot kill an idea.

In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.