It was better to be in chains with friends than in a garden with strangers. [An ancient Persian proverb.] So true, huh?

Technology is mechanical and contrary to the emotions that inform a person's life. The country music field has especially been hit hard by this. All my songs have been written by people who went out of fashion years ago. Just like da Vinci and Renoir and van Gogh. Nobody paints like that anymore. But it can't be wrong to try.

You're better than no one and no one is better than you.

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.

I've never been able to understand the seriousness of it all, the seriousness of pride. People talk, act, live as if they're never going to die. And what do they leave behind? Nothing. Nothing but a mask.

keep a clean nose, watch the plain-clothes.

The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true.