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When grandpa was ill and could've died, I would have swapped all my record sales so he could get well. He is the reason I am a singer. He was my best friend growing up.

It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.

First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

If it's not working before you get married, marriage isn't going to fix it.

I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.

The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

I don't want to get pigeonholed.

People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them.

I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.

I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.