"A true artist could and should create till the day they die. You don't ever fail as an artist until you quit being an artist."

“The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.”

“The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.”

“I judge people based solely on the quality of bands on the black concert t-shirts they wear.”

“There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.”

“Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.”

“In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.”

Source : Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.71, Vintage

“The monumental pomp of age Was with this goodly personage; A stature undepressed in size, Unbent, which rather seemed to rise In open victory o'er the weight Of seventy years, to loftier height.”

“Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge.”