“Dear Momma―Wherever you are, if ever you hear the word "nigger" again, remember they are advertising my book.”

“My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.”

“If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?”

“This Lullaby is only a few words, a simple run of chords, quiet here in this spare room, but you can hear it, hear it, wherever you may go, even if I let you down, this lullaby plays on...”

“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words”

“A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades. People don't know they want books. I can see just by looking at you that your mind is ill for lack of books but you are blissfully unaware of it!”