Play the gayest tunes in your books, play them loud and keep on playing them, and never mind if a bullet goes through a trombone, or even a trombonist, now and then.

I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I won.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell.

The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.

Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know.

Play the gayest tunes in your books, play them loud and keep on playing them, and never mind if a bullet goes through a trombone, or even a trombonist, now and then.

I don't care a damn for their guns, or you either, sir! What I want is the Southside Railroad!