When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it means something's right with your career.

Well I loved Little League; so all the memories are pretty fond but I broke my thumb. That wasn't a lot of fun. I think probably the first time I pitched [I started out as a first baseman] and the first game I pitched in Little League, I struck out 10 batters. I had a curve ball a little early [laughs]. You're not really supposed to have one when you're 12, but I did, so I first game I struck out 10 batters. That's possibly my fondest memory.

When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.

These days and times you can't do eclectic records. In the '60s you could, but not anymore.

Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.

They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago they would talk about, you know, we're going to do a sequel to that but it was never serious. And they said 'Would you do it?' and I said out of all the movies I've done, that was a lot of fun, and maybe I would do a sequel if it ever came up and it made sense, but I said I don't think that's ever going to happen.

Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me.