It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath.

I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.

Call me a relic, call me what you will, say I'm old fashion, say I'm over the hill. Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that old time rock and roll.

Those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul.

Stood alone on a mountain top, starin' out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flyin' and my soul began to rise.

The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home.

I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.

Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.

Up with the sun. Gone with the wind.

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

When you're in a relationship, you're always surrounded by a ring of circumstances... joined together by a wedding ring, or in a boxing ring.

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.

The miracle of life is faith.

A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity.

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

The word God asks a question and then answers it before there is any chance to wonder.

But it's possible to love more than one person at a time, Bella. I've seen it in action.

God is Love, my friends- nothing more, nothing less.

When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.