Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

When I heard BB Kings Sweet Sixteen, I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.

Im the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. Thats the way my mother raised me.

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.

I always look back and say I should have made more. It should have been more lucrative, but it wasnt.

Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.

When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis.

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

By what men think, we create the world around us, daily new.

Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about, " Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?

Are you trying to get run over by a cab? Don't be ridiculous. We could never get a cab that easily in this neighborhood

Never forget that turning a blind eye to oppression and watching from the sidelines is itself opression

She liked the way he smelled - kind of free and open, like driving with the windows down at night.

I really like acting because you can create a character. You can make someone who has never existed before. That's neat.

There are many things I do for amusement, but for happiness I like to gather up my memories and go for a walk in the rain.

As lovers of truth, we want to be close to it. Sometimes - evil thought, evil temptation - we want to be close to it by misleading others about its presence.

There are lots of things that I'm always pulling inspiration from.

All individuals are different. Some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy.