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 want to be governor [of Texas] because I need the closet space.
The distance between the limousine and the gutter is a short one.
Remember, the Legislature is the joke, not our campaign.
And I'll tell you another thing, you won't find any candidate that supports prayer in school and gay marriage. For that reason alone, people should vote for an independent-thinking person.
What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery.
You have to work at it if you want to be a good smoker. Especially today with all the non-smoking world constantly harassing you.
If Raymond Chandler came from the South, his name would be Ace Atkins.
If you ain't Texan, I ain't got time for you.
I've achieved many of my dreams, and I want to see that some others get a chance to, especially younger Texans.
Friday night was the night most people thought they were supposed to have fun. Trouble was most people didn't know what fun was or how to have it, so things usually ended up pretty ugly.
Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get,
All my adult life I've been in the practice of giving advice to people who are happier than I am.
I was so high, I needed a stepladder to scratch my own ass.
Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test.