As long as Pete and Joe are there, it's gonna be jumping.

They had the music being piped right out on the street. I'd be three or four blocks from there and I couldn't get there fast enough because I'd hear old Joe holler them words.

I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.

I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.

We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands.

As long as Pete and Joe are there, it's gonna be jumping.

My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues.

We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play.

We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out.

For many years now, ExxonMobil has held the view that the risks of climate change are serious and do warrant action.

The cool thing about unemployment is every day is Saturday.

I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And I know that when they leave those prisons and those detention centers, they're not going to be able to make it in our society.

I find that the prejudice in this country to color is very great, and I sometimes fear that it is on the increase.

When I'm acting, that's all I'm doing. When I'm not acting, I'm not thinking about acting. If I'm writing, I'm just writing.

Tolerance The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.

The mental and physical space we create by letting go of things that belong in our past gives us the option to fill the space with something new.

We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.

Chakras are mystical energy centers that exist within the human aura. Tremendous occult power resides in a persons chakras. Siddha masters draw upon that power during meditation store it within themselves and later use it to perform miracles.

From the age of 4 or 5, I loved to make people laugh.

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. Thats the mark of a true professional.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

You have to think outside the box! Can you imagine One Direction and Eminem?! That would be hilarious.

The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.

Oh my God, I love rehab! I highly recommend it.

You suppose that you are the lock on the door. But you are the key that opens it.

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.

The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.

I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.

If you say youre fat all of a sudden people like you.

I really want to do something where I can show my physicality - something with a lot of action. Action would be fun. I'd really like to do that.