I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

I don't own everything, I do have a partner.

Well, I got people that help me with the restaurant. I don't have to be at the restaurant 24 hours a day.

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

A lost of people recognize me and maybe will ask for an autograph, but it's nothing like if Elvis would've done something like that, 'cause he's so popular, or maybe The Beatles 'cause they stirred up a lot of action.

If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.

I've grown up with my audience; they're my age or older. Not a lot of kids are coming to see me.

'Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it.

A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.

Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star.

All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.

So I'm trying to spread myself to the point to where I can do the night shows and not have to worry about the matinees, and do one or two matinees down through the year.

I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.

If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.

I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money.

I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks.

My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year.

When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular name. They want a piece of the action all the way through.

All I have to concentrate on is my performing.

I'm set to have my best year ever: I'm hiring some acts and there will be a show in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. I'm going to use my theater to its fullest potential.

I have the restaurant, too. I serve Southwest, barbecue.

It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive.

All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.

It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now.

You can use principles of the free market to drive social change.

I absolutely love Johnny Depp, and I genuinely think he's one of the best actors of our time.

I don't want to be the person digging my own grave.

You dont get anything clean without getting something else dirty.

I model jeans. You need a bum for those.

Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.

Internationally, I love going to Switzerland. I went there many times for shooting and loved the Alps, the tranquility, cleanliness, the greenery and the warmth of the people there.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right.

You have to spend a lot more time on the road these days if you want to make a living with music.

And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically.

I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.

Yes, the future certainly looks brighter now. I'm very happy with my group.

If you are a magician then you can always do a lot more magic than you think you can.

You get much more done if you go to bed early and get up early.

The great thing about an independent film is that youre too busy working and youre too busy hoping to God to get it done.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

I did a play in high school, then one in college. My first professional experience was off-off-Broadway. I'm conveniently blocking the title. I'm sure I was terrible.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.