Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out.

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 got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.

Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met me, so let's keep going!'

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.