With all due respect to lawyers, it`s wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

I`m a maverick. I`ve always been a maverick.

People underestimate me, but I`ve always been a stretch runner.

I`m not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven`t been qualified to be a mayor. I`m not qualified to be a songwriter. I`m not qualified to be a TV producer. I`m not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don`t know what qualified means.

Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I`ve seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

Don`t cling to fame. You`re just borrowing it. It`s like money. You`re going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

I`m not homophobic, I`m not a bigot, I`m not pandering to hatred.

We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.

People have said to me, You can`t write songs. You can`t play an instrument. But I`ve got 10 gold records.

I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they`re comparing a criminal to an honest man.

We`ll have all the same players... We`ll be missing one, actually.