I never liked the bar scene. I tried to like it. I would give it a try every three or four months. I'd think, tonight I'm going out. But I never met anybody in that circumstance.
A real friend or mentor isn't on your payroll.
There's a dark side to everything.
There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.
I'm going down 2 Alphabet Street I'm gonna crown the first girl that I meet I'm gonna talk so sexy She'll want me from my head 2 my feet.
Even the soldiers need a break sometimes.
I’ve longed for kids since I was very, very young.
It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.
Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
. . . People need to ask, "How do I play the hand that has been dealt me?" The world is not going to give you extra return just because you want it. You have to be very shrewd and hard working to get a little extra. It's so much easier to reduce your wants. There are a lot of smart people and a lot of them cheat, so it's not easy to win.
Before she got here everything had stalled inside me, and every morning I was just moving toward nighttime.