My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.

I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.

I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery and I remember taking the bow and arrow and firing it up and across the street into a car parking lot.

Honestly, the world can be a dark enough place. Light it up.

I do tend to eat healthily most of the time, but I don't restrict myself. I believe in eating anything and everything in moderation and doing some exercise.

I would wish that people would accept people for who they are, not be judgemental, allow people to live their lives and enjoy themselves and that would be my wish for people.

There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended.

Never apologize for being nerdy.

I don't feel sorry for myself, because I'm living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on 'Opportunity Knocks.'

Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.

Love is love, no matter who you fall in love with, love is love, it can be painful, it can be wonderful.

Imperfection makes perfect

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.

The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar.

Individual organisms are best thought of as adaptation-executers rather than as fitness-maximizers.

There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.

The only thing that never changes is that everything changes.

Hillary Clinton's been around for 30 years. Why do these stories need to be told? It isn't all of this widely known?

Make the most of now before it all changes because one day right now is going to be a memory.