Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man's code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road.

Good intentions can be evil, both hands are full of grease. You know, sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.

I'd been going though his trash. He knocked me down. I was glad to see him, even though he was banging my head against the sidewalk. Afterwards these bums come over and say, 'Did he get much money?' I say, 'Money'? That was Bob Dylan.

Aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this melody along with her emotional diplomats & her earth & her musical secrets

Watch waterfalls of pity roar, you feel to moan but unlike before, you discover that you'd just be one more person crying.

The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles.

I set my monkey on the log, and ordered him to do the Dog. He wagged his tail and shook his head, and he went and did the Cat instead.