“We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put t...” — Kinky Friedman Quote

“We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians.”

“Young people are the key to this election.”

“I'll tell you right now. I'm for prayer in school.”

“For many decades - and this was reinforced by the broadcast networks' standards-and-practices department - bad guys on TV had to get their comeuppance, and good guys had to be brave and true and unconflicted. Those were the laws of the business.”

“In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.”

“I don't play bad guys. I think that's why I keep getting cast as bad guys: because I don't want to play bad guys. I want to play human beings that struggle with life.”