The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

I've only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

I just say the moral out of my life is don't quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn't come in yet. Mine hadn't.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

Work is the basis of living. I'll never retire. A man'll rust out quicker than he'll wear out.

Change is the rule. Permanence is an illusion.

Emotionally intelligent people have an ability to manage stress as it happens and remain calm through chaos.

Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.

Being stupid is not as frustrating as being brilliant for 5 seconds and then average for the rest of your life

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of it from the time I bought my first record probably. It's always been there.

Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.

The mind I love must have wild places.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal.