While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.

I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.

Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.

For the Nugent family, fast food is a running herbivore.

I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.

Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.

Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.

There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.

I really have the American dream licked.

I'm the gun guy, a loud guitar Dirty Harry with a ponytail.

If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.

If there is one thing I am, it's always right.

The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.

There's an absolute surety to the hands-on conservation lifestyle of hunting, fishing and trapping where you know you're going to consume today.

I still tour like a man possessed, because I am.

Without question Gibson guitars are the finest, most revered guitars on the planet.

I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.

I think you should ride the line between fatigue and chaos. The chaos keeps the energy level and spontaneity maximized, while fatigue is just over the edge, and you should try to avoid it.

Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.

It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.