"There are no unsavable souls."

"I'm telling you, the ingenuity of alcoholics is something else. If only it could be put to some kind of good use. I mean, if you said to an alcoholic, 'Look, the only way for you to get another drink …"

"The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto."

"Every day I try to learn something new. If I didn't, I might as well be dead."

"If I can't do more shows… I just want one final gig to say, 'Thanks for my life.'"