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 met a young man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred.

The cards are no good that your are holding unless you're from another world.

God is in heaven, and we all want what's his. But power and greed and corruptible seed seem to be all that there is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Everything in New Orleans is a good idea.

What kind of alchemy could create a perfume that would make a reaction to a person lukewarm, indifferent and apathetic?If such a scent could be made I'd like some.