I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

I've only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

I just say the moral out of my life is don't quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn't come in yet. Mine hadn't.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away

My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning!

When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances...Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves of the night.

You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.

The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself.

I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'

Satisfaction is like death. The day I'll be satisfied, I'll quit

As a result of that, America desires a moderate Islam; an Islam that America can control; an Islam that America can give direction to and give orders to its leaders.

I believe rock can do anything, it's the ultimate vehicle for everything

Ambition aspires to descend

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.