... to be human is to be on the defensive, somewhere, somehow.

So long as a man attends to his business the public does not count his drinks. When he fails they notice if he takes even a glass of root beer.

No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone. A dollar mark would not look well there.

sanity, in my opinion, is an achievement. I have seen very few well-balanced people in my life who were not dunces.

Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination frequently rubs your vanities the wrong way.

I love truth, although I shall die hating mere facts, because they are misleading.

I was not too stupid to learn, but too smart. Some instinct must have warned me that a woman accomplished in the domestic arts is frequently enslaved by them.

Maybe I shall never achieve happiness, but one thing I have had - the terrible wisdom of love.

I believe if we can wait long enough that every honorable sorrow will become a kind of joy.

This is the wonderful thing about the pure in heart--they do see God.

Words are dangerous things.

A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.

For every quote, there is one that challenges it.

Silence is so freaking loud

When you keep seeking to improve, you will never get bored with your craft.

My first album was completed in three months.

One thing I've learned: My intentions are clear in terms of quality.

All I want you to do is rock. That'll be forever, man.

Start using your wings; they need some exercise.

I can believe anything provided it is quite incredible.

You know, boy, America is a closely divided country.