"When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am."

"Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't."

"I would never kill a living thing, although I probably have inadvertently while driving automobiles."

"But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death."

"My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere."

"It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people."

"Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life."

"I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's."