All I care is what the boys at the forks of the creek think of me.

Sure we'll have Fascism here, but it will come as an anti-Fascism movement.

I'm for the poor man - all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' - that's my slogan.

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

The only difference I ever found between the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership is that one of them is skinning you from the ankle up and the other, from the ear down.

NRA - Nuts Running America.

If Fascism comes to America it would be on a program of Americanism.

Don't liken me to that [SOB]. Anybody that lets his public policies be mixed up with religious prejudice is a plain [GD] fool.

I'd rather violate every one of the damn conventions and see my bills passed, than sit back in my office, all nice and proper, and watch 'em die.

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool party man. I don't know just what party I am in right now, but I am for the party.

Now, just a word about the poor Negroes... They're here. They've got to be cared for... The poor Negroes have got to live, too.

Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.

The needs are too great, and there are too few of us. We have a duty, a responsibility to help others. It’s not all about fun. It’s not always easy.

I extol life so much that I cannot make art.

I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.

The beer and the wurst were wonderful, but I was dying to be back in the South, where the livin' was easy, where the fish were jumpin', where the cotton grew high.

An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.

When you cease doubting, you have stopped moving forward.

Improvisation is empowering because it welcomes the unknown. And since what's impossible is always unknown, it allows me to believe I can cheat the impossible.

I'd like to become better at writing music by continuing to study it.

I don't wear dresses and flowers in my hair and float around!