I always want to sing, but I don't always want to be trying to have #1 records. I don't think you can do it forever. I don't know what the time span of that is going to be. I want to sing because I want to sing.
Faith is not faith which is not tried.
Governments. . . should not force and govern belief, which is a matter for the heart and conscience not for temporal authorities.
[On refusing to be silenced:] I do not pretend to be John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees. I do not claim to be Nathan upbraiding David. I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
I'll never forget the catch he made to save the game.
Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi. (Death will come and it will have your eyes. )