Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality.

Jazz is the music of unemployment.

If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine - but to hang all this desperate sociology on the idea of The Cloud-Guy who has The Big Book, who knows if you've been bad or good - and CARES about any of it - to hang it all on that, folks, is the chimpanzee part of the brain working.

I think that people are entitled to be amused, and entertained. If they see deviations from this classical norm, it's probably good for their mental health.

It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money.

Roller-skates and disco are a lot of fun, I'm much too young and stupid to operate a gun.

I'm the best you can get. Have you guessed me yet? I'm the slime oozin' out from your TV set!