No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.

Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!

I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.

If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.

Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim.

I think certainly after every show I headline, I will be available to the fans. When I'm headlining a show, I don't walk off stage. I'll walk to the front of the stage and sign hats and shirts and tickets for 15 to 30 minutes, until everyone has everything signed.

I think it's always important to constantly keep the band on their toes and try new things that you hope will work. That's how 'Apologize' was born, and maybe down the line another little song will be born by that mentality. I've always really liked that song.

I'll never forget when me and Jason Matthews wrote the line, 'Don't be a tape player hater,' in 'Country Man,' I don't think I ever laughed harder. We didn't know where we were gonna put that in a song, but we knew we had to make it into a song. I just remember laughing and being so proud of such a goofy little line.

I always want to have a personal relationship with everybody that works for me.

You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it.

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.

I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

I want to be comfortable on TV. If I'm comfortable, they're comfortable watching me. I think nothing's more icky than watching icky on TV.