Record stores are great because it's good to physically get your hands on the music instead of downloading. It's always better to get the artwork too.

Behind every great man is a good brother.

The kind of churches we played in, it wasn't about how good you could play your instrument, it was about how much you enjoyed playing your instrument.

At least we got to see the worst haircut since 1984 try to steal the spotlight from lovely Taylor Swift.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

I call my golden retriever Cara my 'white wolf.' She's changed my attitude and made me write this book where the wolf is the hero, not the villain.

I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart's content.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

The only way to cure an egotist from bragging is by surgery--amputation at the neck.

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

I've come to learn that the choices I labor over and go back and forth about and ask a million people for their opinions and make lists about those are always the wrong choices.

We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.

We have to make good use of the time we have. That simple. We have to wake up every day, knowing that it's not just an ordinary day. We have to take the moment, seize each day.

Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa.