In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all.

I am easily influenced. Compared with me a weather vane is Gibraltar.

Too much truth Is uncouth.

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

You do not know what you can miss before you try.

There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner.

We cannot let our hurts, fears, and prejudices get in the way of God’s calling for our lives.

Time doesn't need to be found, it is in plain sight ticking away loudly all the time. How we use it is the only question.

I never miss reality when I'm not in it, but it's sometimes nice to come back to.

The audience is the source of the energy that I project back to them.

Always be humble enough to learn something new. Otherwise, it's only a matter of time before your knowledge becomes outdated.

I'm going to be honest, I would love for Flava Flav to be president. It would bring a lot of excitement to the country.

Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion, and to some great end.

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.