You want soldiers who, when they get to a river after a long march, don't start rooting for their canteen in their pack, but just dive right in.

There's a place on my arm where I've written her name next to mine.

Got 27 children I never see.

Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead

It wasn't good for my nerves, that kind of work - a fireman. I've got high blood pressure. I get upset easily. I don't think that was a proper career alternative for me.