My darlings! You can hardly expect an aged crone like me to mar such a lovely event. No, I shall remain here and knit shadows. Now go forth and shine bravely, and think of nothing but love.

Luxury is not happiness - happiness is luxury.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness.

No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.

MY river runs to thee: Blue sea, wilt welcome me? My river waits reply. Oh sea, look graciously! I ’ll fetch thee brooks From spotted nooks,— Say, sea, Take me!

People always clap for the wrong reasons.

Don't worry, as long as America still has natural resources, you guys are okay.

Christianity is not about not swearing. It’s not about not having impure thoughts. Really, it’s not about not at all. Christianity is about Jesus.

Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.

I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's been mostly what I've worked with most of the time.

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.