"None of you speaks for me. I speak for me. I am a judge. I am independent. I make up my own mind."

“Why should not every individual man have existed more than once upon this world? Why should I not come back as often as I am capable of acquiring fresh knowledge? Is this hypothesis so laughable merely because it is the oldest? Because the human understanding, before the sophistries of the schools had dissipated and debilitated it, lighted upon it at once?”

“I think I was nervous enough, even at 3:00 a.m., that you could hear my heart beating over the microphone.”

“I wouldn't live with me, believe me. I'm moody.”

“I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the road and the music and different players. It makes me a richer human being. I have a greater source of information to tap into, a wealth of life.”

Source : Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.

“I am in love with cars; I love anything that moves,”

“Teen Moms! I started watching them like the first two seasons, and I stopped. I stopped because they are too young. I feel sorry for them. And I didnt watch that show Hoarders. That thing would made my skin crawl.”

“Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.”

Source : "Presidential Campaigns Crank Up Competition for Rural Vote; Interview With Senator Elizabeth Dole". “American Morning” with Heidi Collins, www.cnn.com. July 14, 2004.

“I guess I just have bigger ovaries.”