You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

slept all night in the cedar grove, i was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin' for the holy grail, but there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces / there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier

Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.

You choke my days, I'll choke yours.

I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man going by a schoolyard and you hear children singing your songs, playing jump-rope, or on the swings. That's the ultimate. You're in the culture.