Bobby Martin has another project. He's building a house. He's out there at 6 o'clock in the morning hammering nails.

In order to deviate successfully, one has to have at least a passing acquaintance with whatever norm one expects to deviate from.

A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time.

We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy.

Tighten my headband for an extra rush.

People will always have the desire to make rock and roll records, and they'll always have the desire to sell rock and roll records. Most of the people making these records do it because it is a business, and if someone says, "You can't do this", they won't complain. They'll just keep making records, but they'll get blander and blander. There'll still be rock and roll, but compared to what it really could be or ought to be, I don't think it'll be all that terrific.

I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it's much better musically than much of what's available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content.