Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.

The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain't.

All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!

I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I'm gaining weight, I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.

There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat. A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour. It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.

I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.

It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up and sing me some songs." We didn't want to sing but we sang.