The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.

I wouldn't be the man I am today, If not for those I've loved along the way

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.

It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end.

Stay young and wild as long as you can

I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don't have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here's to a long line of sinners like me.

The best advice I've been given is kind of the "dance with the one who brought you" thing. You got here on what you do so don't change that.

The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience

Peace starts within. We are what we give.

A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind.

Civilization will reach maturity only when it learns to value diversity of character and of ideas.

Let's be honest, dental care in America is extremely expensive, period.

It's always difficult to really sum up exactly why a relationship works.

In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf.

Whether it's a street poster on a brick wall, a magazine cover on a newsstand, or animation on a movie screen - art is an effective means of communicating with large numbers of people.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.