I always did each show for about two years. So if you play the music, it just comes back to me.
Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence -- helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.
We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.
All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.
There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.
To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life. " My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having.
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
What madness is this, inviting sable Death by warfare? It always hovers close and comes unforeseen on silent steps.
Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.
They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.
. . . it is the work and not the reward that is precious.