You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there a grinin

Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street.

Some of the old folk singers used to phrase things in an interesting way, and then, I got my style from seeing a lot of outdoor-type poets, who would recite their poetry. When you don't have a guitar, you recite things differently, and there used to be quite a few poets in the jazz clubs, who would recite with a different type of attitude.

I stopped smoking. When I stopped smoking, my voice changed... so drastically, I couldn't believe it myself.

What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big.

If you're looking to get silly, you better go back to from where you came. because the cops don't need you and man they expect the same.

Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content.