You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money. And you'd sure better not be doing it because it's a way to make a living, 'cause that ain't always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.

He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.

If you see me getting smaller, I'm leaving, don't be grieving, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don't worry, and no hurry, I've got the right to disappear.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.

I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.

Did ole Hank really do it this way?