The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

He is not great who is not greatly good.

All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I ever wanted. Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me. And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that's the trouble.

You must not compromise your principles, but you must not humiliate the opposition.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.