American Quotes

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.

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.

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

'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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

All I have to concentrate on is my performing.

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

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.

What good is a friend if you can't make an enemy of him?

The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election.

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

Politics swings like a pendulum.

People like passion in politics.

Our party may have swung too far right at various times.

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.

On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.

If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.

I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.

I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.

I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate.

I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe.