Get old, you can't even cuss someone and have it bother 'em. Everything you do is either worthless or sadly amusing.

You ain't nothing but hound dog, crying all the time. You ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.

Take my hand, take my whole life too. For I can’t help falling in love with you.

If you know you can't take it, then baby, why try to give it? Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair.

I was training to be an electrician. I supposed I got wired the wrong way round.

And all my cares are laid by / I'll lay down my soul, my battles are won / I'll walk dem golden stairs when I die when I die

I've got fifty-six gold singles, and fourteen gold albums and if anyone out there doubts it, if you ever come through Memphis you can come argue about it, 'cause I've got every one of them hanging on the wall.'

Happiness is knowin' you've done a good job, whether it's professional or for another person.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

It's not just self defence, it's about self control, body discipline, and mind discipline and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport.