You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.

I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.

The teachers are getting screwed, blued, and tattooed by the system.

I don't believe in carrying a weapon. If somebody wants to shoot me, he'll have to bring his own gun.

There are more inspirational people in music than there are in politics.

There will be a whole new spirit blowing through Texas. There will be a smile on everybody's face and a chill up the spine of every politician.

Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript, at which time we knew we had something pretty hot.