They [the Reagan Administration] want to put street criminals in jail to make life safer for the business criminals. They're against street crime, providing that street isn't Wall Street.

I became a radio nut. I loved the afternoon serials, and I got into jazz through the radio. I had a subscription to Down Beat when I was 12. And I'd spend a lot of time in front of the minor, miming records.

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

My father? My father left when I was quite young. Well actually, he was asked to leave. He had trouble metabolizing alcohol.

What occurs as you age is an accumulation of information, data, knowledge, and what I'm going to call the matrix of the mind. There's just a rich, textured, field of information and impressions that have been all networked by the brain.

I kind of like it when a lot of people die, and on the other hand I always wonder how many unused frequent-flier miles they had.

Do you think Sammy Davis ate Junior Mints?