Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.

If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.

When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can't do that if you're a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I'd tell them to sing more. It's good therapy, too.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

I like marijuana because it keeps me from killing people. And I think there are a lot of people out there who are just like me. The reason it's not legal is because most people get up in the morning and get high, then forget to go out and vote for it.

Be gentle with your words - you can't take them back.

Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.