An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.
I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.
My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
Do you know why more people don't sober up? Because they don't wear their livers on the outside. If everyone wore their liver on their forehead, say, it would be on full view and people would say, 'Heffens, Jock, that liver of yours is looking fair hobnailed,' and they would get shamed into doing something about it.
I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.
Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.
In Hamburg the waiters always had Preludin - and various other pills, but I remember Preludin because it was such a big trip - and they were all taking these pills to keep themselves awake, to work these incredible hours in this all-night place. And so the waiters, when they'd see the musicians falling over with tiredness or with drink, they'd give you the pill. You'd take the pill, you'd be talking, you'd sober up, you could work almost endlessly - until the pill wore off, then you'd have to have another.
Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.
Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
