I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can.

People say Cream gave birth to heavy metal. If that's so, we should have had an abortion.

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion.

I'm amazed that I can still play really. But I can.

In West Virginia, we're all family. We know how firefighters and policemen honor their own and we feel our miners deserve to be honored in a similar way.

I have never taken more than two weeks to record an album throughout my career.

I have never had a great love of the music business, I never have.

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.

Lord Jesus, don't let me lie when I say that I love you...and protect me, for today I could betray you.

I’m starting to get used to this feeling of not caring about anything.

I want to go on living even after my death, And therefore I am grateful to God For giving this gift... Of expressing all that is in me.

The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.

In addition, it is very likely that United States action in Iraq caused Iran to open its nuclear facilities for international inspection and suspend its uranium enrichment activities.

A player has no use for an agent. None.

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.

He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.

It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it.

Had Twitter been invented earlier, my books would have been shorter.