I'll tell you a little secret about the Blues: it's not enough to know which notes to play, you have to know why they need to be played.

You have to be realistic about terrorism. Certain groups of people, certain groups, Muslim fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalists, Jewish fundamentalists, and just plain guys from Montana, are going to continue to make life in this country very interesting for a long, long time.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

For a long time, I've distinguished between entertainer and performer and entertainer and artist. To me, an entertainer is someone who pleases others, and an artist tries to please himself.

There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. It's reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have.

One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.