Cuban cigars is a big expense because I do smoke a lot of them, eight to 12 a day, so that would be almost as bad as a cocaine habit, a hundred bucks a day.

I am not anti-death penalty, but I'm damned sure anti-the-wrong-guy-getting-executed.

That's the government. Having been a politician and a musician, I can tell you which one is a higher calling. If musicians ran the country, it would be a much different place. We wouldn't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'd work late.

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

I'd felt that a man without a woman was like a neck without a pain.

The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount.

I don't see how the people who created the problem can fix it. Texas is worth fighting for, and the best way to fight is to get the politicians out of politics.