“I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.”

“I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.”

“You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.”

“I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.”

“The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.”

“And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.”

“Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.”