“Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.”

Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain’t satisfied until he rules everything.

We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another. We took care of one another. In the end, we kept faith in each other.

There’s an opera out on the turnpike, there’s a ballet being fought out in the alley.

More than rich, more than famous, more than happy .I wanted to be great.

You know, my music utilizes things from the past, because that’s what the past is for. It’s to learn from. It’s not to limit you, you shouldn’t be limited by it.

Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun. Oh, but mama, that’s where the fun is.

Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself.

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.

I guess there’s just a meanness in this world.

The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody’d kicked open the door to your mind.

I’m the kind of person, I think a lot about everything. Nothin’ I can do about it. It’s like, I’m a thinkin’ fool. That’s a big part of me.

It’s not the time in your life, it’s the life in your time.

We’re gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool, stay out all night, it’s gonna be alright.

I believe when your children are born that you are reborn in some fashion.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real.

Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.

It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.