I was brought up on rock-'n'-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn't get interested in anything else - I tried and tried but I couldn't get into science...or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in.

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

Marriage is such hard work. And it's full of rage and real human drama.

Total contentment is only for cows.