I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.

The more you live, the less you die.

I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about.

Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life.

I don’t want to still be mad at them. But right now, I don’t know how not to be.

God clearly communicates His will for us through His Word.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

The worst cynicism a belief in luck.

I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.

Sorrow like a ceaseless rain Beats upon my heart. People twist and scream in pain-- Dawn will find them still again; This has neither wax nor wane, Neither stop nor start.

I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.

Anyone who feels like a fool has made a good beginning.

Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.