"I did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business."

"Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight."

"I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car."

"You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again."

"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

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

"I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now."