In England, in France, in no other country would a black man have a chance to get elected. There's no two ways about it. Our country [USA] has been better about dealing with immigration and people who are different from each other than any other country in the world, that I know of.

I sit here in this chair, I pour myself some whiskey, and watch my troubles vanish into the air.

They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

College men from L.S.U., went in dumb, come out dumb, too.

There's a million white people better qualified than a black man to be president of America.

The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door. I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor.

Writers have always liked my stuff, pretty much. That's what I wanted - I think my goal wasn't to get rich and famous, necessarily, though I cared about that. I always thought, "Oh, this could be a hit," or "that will sell records." But the first thing I wanted was that people who knew a lot about music, or had taste-making qualities, they would like my stuff. Writers, people like that.