You give up your dream, you give up.

I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.

The house as I say ... smelled of brisket and bourbon, so you could hear that. I started imitating them. Phrases came out of that, "Can't you dig that?" "I knew that you would." We were at [Passover] Seders and they were confused with the bitter herbs, "Do we smoke these or do we do we dip them in salt water?" "We dip them in salt water, well that's gonna kill the vibrancy of the weed, you know." So that's what I was around. So I would imitate them. That's where it all started.

I had really good hearing and when you're scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.

To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.

I always came away thinking "I'd like to see her more," you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought - Bette [Midler]. So we called her.

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.