Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed fourth in the six-person race...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth1 November 1944
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.
If you're lookin' for a helpin' hand, try the one at the end of your arm.
Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript, at which time we knew we had something pretty hot.
I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama.
You never marry the person you first see 'Casablanca' with.
You've got to find what you love and let it kill you. I don't think any of us should ever forget that.
Man's ability to delude himself is infinite.
There are more inspirational people in music than there are in politics.
But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that all this time you've been living without really and truly living and by then it's too late. When you wake up to that kind of realization, it's too late for wishes and regrets. It's even too late to dream.
On the whole I prefer cats to women because cats seldom if ever use the word 'relationship'.
The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.
I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets.
I'm going to lower the drinking age to eighteen. If you're old enough to die in Iraq, you're old enough to drink.
I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors.