I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
The only albatross is the hurt you divine from what people say about your art
Speak out. You've got to speak out against the madness
I have my ship, and all her flags are a-flying. She is all that I have left, and music is her name.
Yeah; I'm a much better blues player than anybody knows, but being in the kind of group I'm in, we were always trying to make popular records
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart.
A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one.
A few public hangings will really change behavior. One of our Presidents said if he could execute three people each year for no cause, it would make it a lot easier to govern. When someone said that's not enough, he said, "Oh yes it is, because I'd publish the list of people under consideration. "
I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.
There's nothing here to say good-bye to. There's no dancing girl. No mischievous smile. She's gone, off with her sisters, broken free, escaped. And if she were here now, she would say, "Go.