I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

Effective action is always unjust.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.