Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it. No matter what it is. Of course, that does not mean your opinion is always right. But, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

When you touch and change peoples lives with a song, that's when you've made it as an artist

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.

Art's for art. Money's for pizza.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

I still got a few more dances with the devil...

It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself.

Boring people are a reflection of boring people.

We all just kinda did everything we thought we were supposed to do and girls dated the guys they were supposed to and did things with the guys they were supposed to.

When the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go.

Rather suffer an injustice than commit one.

Winning is about believing you're never out of a game. I've always believed that.

What was even more germane was my study of the history of religion. It was one of the few things in school I was fascinated by.

I always wanted to be a teacher. A bit of me still wants to be a teacher.

There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand.