A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

Trash is something you get rid of - or disease. I'm not something you get rid of.

Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible.

My life has been a series of emergencies.

Well, I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down!

All men are alike. The approach is different; the result is always the same.

I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

I like to write about wherever I happen to be.

I have decided long ago that my songs and ballads would not get the hugs and kisses of the capitalistic experts.

If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story.

If you want to learn something, just steal it.

It's round the world I've traveled; it's round the world I've roamed; but I've yet to see an outlaw drive a family from its home

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the Relief Office, I saw my people - As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.

Left wing. Right wing. Chicken wing.

Left wing, chicken wing, it don't make no difference to me.

If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.