Richard Petty

I see two or three cars that are really good, but they’re not dominant. There’s usually somebody who’s got one that’s a little bit better than everybody.

I’d rather be called King than other things I’ve been called.

You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we’re on the way back, but it’s just a matter of how quickly things come together. Common sense tells you it’s not going to happen overnight because we’re trying to catch up.

Never put a question mark where God puts a Period.

Kyle saw the things he didn’t accomplish but he could help Adam accomplish.

I didn’t miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

I’m probably the furthest from being romantic that you’ve ever seen; I’m not even close to being romantic in any way until I have to be.

We are following other people’s opinions. We are controlled by the media. And today it all changes.

I’ve always had problems with guys!

Do the NBC bigheads really pay attention to these message boards? Um, I don’t know if they read the message boards. I hope so, because I write fifty to a thousand fake posts a week, mostly, uh, saying that I’m really good and that no else is as good as me. So, I hope they listen to that because I’m trying to get a raise.

We drove for the sheer fun of driving because there wasn’t that much money to be made.

I’ve just got to get that album out. I have to get it out, if it’s the last thing I do.

Everybody I know in England was raised on Mose Allison.

Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn’t mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn’t know about why it happened.

[on the movie business] The battles that we face in this business aren’t financial, but they are moral. And I certainly think that the longer you can keep your values, and your morality intact, and keep your head on your shoulders about what is important at the end of the day, you can get the most out of this business and really emerge with something wonderful.

Yes, I watch what I eat but I don’t deny myself red wine or chocolate, the great things in life one can’t live without.

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.

Music is all I know.

People say you can’t please everyone all the time. I don’t believe that. I think you can. I’m not like, ‘Oh I’m Kanye West.’ I’m like, ‘Oh you don’t like it? Oh wow!’ To the point where I know you have to like it.

I’m off everything apart from the fags and the coffee. I don’t know if it’s worked. It works up until you take your first drink.

The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy.