Rock 'n roll was born in the South, man. It's like saying rock-rock.

I would like to be remembered as a - somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who's kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.

It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.

I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

As they say in the bible, that you're supposed to rejoice when people die and mourn when they're born, because it's one of the most painful acts you go through in life, is being born, and dying.

In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.

Get in touch with your inner most desire and aspirations, then utilise the power of your heart to create a life of bliss.

What gets measured (and clearly defined) does get done.

Don't wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less.

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person.

As the middle begins to feel safe enough to accept some of the so-called radical thinking, ideas move to the middle and a new edge is created.

Contradictory strands create an essay that's richly ambivalent.

So many people spend their lives chasing money and end up as the richest men in the cemetery. I don't want to be like that.

There are lots of moments that are great for an actress.