I think the best thing, or the greatest thing my girls have going for them, is having their mother as a role model.

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...

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.

Well, it was just, the bars was all just like the bamboo roofs and everything. You know. As I say, to me, it's completely spoiled all, all these places now. Make them all just tourist traps.

You've got to go out there and do your things. Whatever comes your way, you jump on it, and like anything, that's how you get your experience.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much

I'm always impressed with the way the writers find new and creative ways of killing people. But my favourite has to be the hat pin through the ear.

The fitter you are, the more energy you have.

It's better to regret what you have done than what you haven't.

Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted.

Our disasters have been some of the best things that ever happened to us. And what we swore were blessings have been some of the worst.