...then we went skinny dippin' and did things that frighten the fish...Character, Shelby Eatonton, from the movie, Steel Magnolias.

It was a kind of sado-masochism. I would take the things that were painful to me and elevate them and, through the mantra of music, make them into a release.

Wildflowers don't grow haphazardly us we are led to believe. They grow in fantastic patterns which are different to each of us you see.

Nutrition is an exciting, dynamic field - there are more than 10, 000 articles published on human nutrition in medical journals every year.

Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?

I am a celebrity, but I don't want people standing outside my wedding venue.

This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

[Charles McPherson] was kind enough to go to a record gig of mine where we recorded a song of his.

I used to consider myself as great as a pyramid, and now I realize that I am only a shadow that passes.

Every man is not so much a workman in the world as he is a suggestion of that he should be. Men walk as prophecies of the next age.