My first stringed instrument was a cigar box banjo where I cut and turned the pegs and strung the wires myself.

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.

An expert is a damn fool a long way from home.

Poetry is a fresh morning spider-web telling a story of moonlit hours of weaving and waiting during a night.

There is only one man in the world and his name is All Men. There is only one woman in the world and her name is All Women. There is only one child in the world and the child's name is All Children.