A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two and go, 'Let me try a bunch of things I was thinking of, as you were doing that.'

There's no experience like on-the-job training.

I guess I'm used to seeing actors, but rock musicians still hold a special magic for me.

That's a true actor's nightmare: "Improvise in British sign language. Go."

I don't really remember much about the '60s at all. You know, 1970 is the first year I remember pretty well.

Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.

I've met a lot of rock stars when they come to The Simpsons, and almost every one of them I get really freaked out.