"No one cares of you , you should care of yourself."

“When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.”

Source : "Me and my travels". Interview with Helen Ochyra, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.

“The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives.”

“To tolerate is to insult.”

“Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.”

“I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator.”

“I tried playing electric for awhile and it just didn't work out. My reflexes are centered on the six string acoustic. I just played the electric too hard and it sounded awful, so I gave it up.”

Source : "Tom Rush Interview: Celebrating 50 Years of Storytelling and Music". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockhereandnow.com. November 26, 2012.

“Music's always been a big part of my life, but it kind of all happened in one big ball of storytelling rather than splitting acting and singing apart.”

“I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study History at school anymore or Geography and they don't know where one place is from another.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.