You can do anything under one condition

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

I've been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I'm driving, I hear I'm a moron. I like being a moron.

When you got nothin' / You got nothin' to lose.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

You just go with your gut instinct, because your gut is smarter than your heart.

I want to be as self-reliant as possible and do it all from within.

I've come up against a few challenges. I've just taken them on with a really pure energy. I'm not out to change people's minds. I'm out to maybe educate and inspire.

Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.

I close my eyes and can see men drawing lines in the dust. America pushes through the membrane of mist and smoke, and I'm a small boy again in Bogalusa.