Most changes in music, most exciting things that happen in music, occur through a miscommunication between people "I thought you said this." Poetry comes out of that too.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

The greatest sin is doubting God’s truth

Never try to justify your failures based on your luck. You just didn’t work hard enough!

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

Great art must be a living thing, or it is not art at all.

Songwriters are still the brightest people in any room.

There will be a "Oops 100." They'll be plenty more oopses. I'm not perfect. I'm human.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

You're not living if you don't go out and try things for yourself.

I do love country music.

I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways.