Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don't have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here's to a long line of sinners like me.

I wouldn't be the man I am today, If not for those I've loved along the way

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.

It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end.

Stay young and wild as long as you can

I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

The best advice I've been given is kind of the "dance with the one who brought you" thing. You got here on what you do so don't change that.

The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.

The Self-confidence of the ignorant is one of the biggest disasters of the humanity!

Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things now. It's about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.

As I matured, I've always had the dream of one day either having my own clothing line or owning a fashion magazine. Most of my thesis' and projects in school were fashion and advertising based.

You have to write a lot of scripts to get any scripts that are worth making.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.

[Vernon Jordan] and [Bill] Clinton would be in the same golf cart, they'd been out there playing golf, and every other word, folks, was what people hate [Donald] Trump for today!

No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.

My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.