It's very easy to go down, so always live up. Incline yourself upward.

If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!

Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else.

The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.

If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.

I resist all established beliefs. My religion basically is to be immediate, to live in the now.

I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.