“I’ve never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!”

Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods? Where’s the street-wise Hercules, to fight the rising odds?

Every country I’ve had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country.

I havent had a big hit record in America since 1987.

You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.

I love Tina Turner. I’m one of Tina Turner’s biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.

This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return their life forces by this drink much sooner than by nourishment. It works as a diuretic, an appetizer, an antitoxin.

I drink to feel I smoke to breathe Just look what love has done to me.

Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

The chilly morning breeze wakes me this whiff of fall is so welcoming, my soul craves the changing leaves along with the toasty seasonal drinks while I am wrapped in my blanket basking in warm, sweet dreams.

I’m a drunk poet; and I guess maybe I sipped too much of what I couldn’t buy of her.

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

Our starting point is not the individual: We do not subscribe to the view that one should feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, or clothe the naked. Our objectives are different: We must have a healthy people in order to prevail in the world.