We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth every fresh morning a little youth every going to rest and sleep a little death.

For too long our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work how much it will cost to keep their business running how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.

I am Classic Rock Revisited. I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has the spirit and the attitude and the fire and the middle finger. I am Rosa Parks with a Gibson guitar.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.