I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

I'm just shallow and self-interested, and don't get out much because I'm afraid of real commitments.

If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.

I think it is incumbent on anyone who can to lift human dignity to the highest possible levels, maintaining one's own and helping to raise that of others.

If a slave were to raise his voice to his master, he risked all manner of punishment. Yet what was possible in many circumstances was to lift one's voice in song. This was a major ingredient in what is now known as blues and gospel. Slaves may have been regarded as subhuman by their cruel captors, but through music, they were proud and dignified.

If an American company has a drop of patriotic blood coursing through its system, then surely it would set up in America and employ Americans, right?

As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious