All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.

When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.

The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.