I can understand why it takes some people a long time to really be a singer. You have to find out, 'Why am I singing? What am I doing this for?' I do it because I enjoy it, and philosophically, music is a catalyst. It's a refining agent.

I was in World War Two at the battle of Okinawa.

My father and mother were not that compatible. I don't think they had a good wedding night, and I was the product of that. We weren't close.

If I never did another film after 'Paris, Texas,' I'd be happy.

I would've preferred to blossom earlier in life.

I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all the characters in it. I always felt I could play anyone.

I'm tired of playing people who are complete washouts and bums. I don't mind waiting for the good ones to come along. It's like age. It's never bothered me. I've even forgot my birthday. Many times I've wondered if I should tell my real age, but now I think it's an honor, to be doing what I'm doing now at my age.

All organized religions are basically the same.

I grew up Southern Baptist. In the Bible Belt.

I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism. But my belief is not having any beliefs.

I am an actor and this is holding the mirror up to nature, as it were.

I've had offers that could've made me much richer and much more famous than I am.

I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.

Silence is the most powerful state.

Sam Shepard is a brilliant writer.

I made it a point not to graduate. I thought that was a positive, independent kind of statement.

I don't blame anyone but myself for the kind of parts I got. To blame external circumstances is absolute folly.

'Paris, Texas' gave me a chance to play compassion, and I'm spelling that with a capital C.

I worked with the best directors - Martin Scorsese, John Huston, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock was great.

I always had a dramatic flair. I'd like to dress up like a cowboy, play make-believe. But I didn't realize acting was something I had to do until I got to college.

The soul is an illusion.

I used to sing when I was six years old. When the family would leave the house, I'd get up on the stool and sing. 'T for Texas, T for Tenessee, T for Thelma, the gal that made a wreck out of me.' I was in love with my babysitter. She was 18. I was six.

I've had chances to record albums, which I haven't done.

Nothing is important.

Every actor is a character actor.

Singing and acting are actually very similar things. Anyone can sing and anyone can be a film actor. All you have to do is learn.

I was singing the blues when I was six. Kind of sad, eh?

I could have made it as a singer, but I went with acting - surrendered to it, in a way.

I've worked with some of the best of them. Not just directors like Sam Peckinpah and David Lynch, but writers like Sam Shepard and singers like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.

You can do stuff onstage that you can't do offstage. You can be angry as hell and enraged and get away with it onstage, but not off.

A friend is somebody who doesn't lie.

I'd love to meet Gandhi. And Christ. I'm sure he'd be interesting. And a lot different than a lot of people would think.

I think any performing artist can do films, or, as a matter of fact, anybody out there in the street can be a film actor with no experience whatsoever if you've got a good director.

What did we play in the Harry Dean Stanton Band? It was old blues and country - all covers. I never wrote anything.

The first film I ever remember - I think my mother took me to it - was called 'She Married Her Boss' with Melvyn Douglas.

I was trained on the stage, and I can do stage as well as I can do movies, but I prefer films.

I have nothing to do with anything that happens to me.

Obviously, everyone's different, but I love just settling down and having a barbecue with my friends at the house.

When times are down, keep believing, keep working hard, and things will pick up.

It is a great boost for confidence in a squad when there is not just one or two players scoring goals, but the whole team is contributing.

I am confident in my ability, as I always have been, and that I will be capable of maintaining my form, if not improving, year in, year out.

My biggest weakness is steak. I have to be careful not to eat too much of it these days - but I do love it done medium rare, with peppercorn sauce.

Obviously, I am hoping to go on and win many trophies for Spurs and for England. That's always been the aim since I was a kid, dreaming of lifting the trophy one day for them, so that's what I've got to do.

I watched all the games in the pub with my family. We used to go to a place called The Sirloin in Chingford. It was quite a good atmosphere in there.

When teams are dropping off, it's difficult, especially as a striker. You always have two centre-halves behind you and maybe a sitting midfielder as well. It's a bit more difficult creating chances.

I think sometimes managers like to buy players because they're more experienced from abroad or when they've got players under their nose that will give everything to the club they've been brought up with.

You come up against challenges in life, and it's how you deal with them that defines you.

It isn't hard to practise finishing. You can do it on your own: just take a couple of touches and shoot at goal. You can do it with whatever equipment you have.

All I can do is my best for the team, whether that's from the bench or if I start.

I will always try to be as normal as I can. Obviously, there may have to be some limits with it, but I am still a fan at heart and want to live like a normal person.