Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of the Elephant Man -- and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is ''bad.

Nobody looks good bent over. Especially to pick up a check.

You is what you am, a cow don't make ham.

There is no hell, there's only France

Whatever you have to do to have a good time, let's get on with it, so long as it doesn't cause a murder.

I have been monitoring your earthly broadcasts for many years.

Everything on this planet has something to do with music. Music functions in the realm of sculptured air.