Of course, I’ve told Jesus to suck it, too, which earned me a certain measure of notoriety, because you have to make fun of any religion that would let you have sixteen kids and say it’s God’s will.

Do you think that your life deserves bigger and better things in abundance? If yes, why then are you still holding yourself back from receiving your blessings?

And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.

The greatest possession is Self-possession.

'Powell movement.' What do you think 'PM' stands for?

They're not your words, but you're reciting the lines.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

In all things there is a law of cycles.

I never looked at music as a serious ven­ture. There was very little encouragement from my family. I didn't have anybody to entertain, so it was hard to get motivated.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.