Civilization involves subjection of force to reason, and the agency of this subjection is law.
You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain.
Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth.
When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.
My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.
If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.
You've got to walk and talk with God to go to heaven. . . I have the devil in me! If I didn't have, I'd be Christian!
To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future.
Being happy is not all about love! Love is not everything. Work, friends, and achieving things. . . your finite thing in life can't be getting married and having children. Like, creating a life for myself that's my own, and my own road? That was always the most important thing for me. Right now, I have a kid and stuff, and it's fantastic to be a mother, but it's not the final thing. You want to stay an individual. You need to stay an individual for your kid, as an example of what a human being should be! You want to stay true to yourself and not become a half a person. That is so, so important.
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
Without enlightenment, everything in life is harsh. Sooner or later you see everyone you love die, unless you die first, of course. This causes you to suffer.