I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him.
My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.
It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.
This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough.
But Patsy, she was a great, great girl. And Brenda Lee is a wonderful person, and her mama Grace. I've known those folks for years and years and years.
All their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato; alas good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
The future of the Republican Party, all the different folks looking to lead the Republican Party at the national level in the future, recognize we should do immigration reform.
And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.
When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.
When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.
Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.
Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and Manchester, for the first time.
Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time.
[first lines] Border Cop: Uh, you folks American citizens?
I think religion is a mistake - I'm exhausted by its self-righteousness. I think atheists should start screaming for attention like religious folks do.
I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.
From chain gangs to folk songs to intelligent soul, America has created musicians dedicated to truth, justice, and a better American Way.
When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.
Like all right-listening folk, I am an implacable enemy of all muzak.
The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.
