If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.

I think I've done a lot in this business, whether through screwball methods or not I don't know, that has helped other bands. I made a kind of road for them, you might say. If I raised my price, they found out about it and raised theirs. But somebody had to start it, to make the first move. You have to have the courage and confidence in your own ability. You have to know what the hell and who the hell you are in this business. Music may change, but I don't think that ever will.

After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.

If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.

It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony.

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn’t keep on, you’ll find ‘em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of ‘em.

You have to look good.