We Americans look funny when we're in France because we don't travel, we are fairly un-cultured whereas Europeans go to Africa all the time because it's right there.

'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.

A gun in your hand makes a fool out of you. A gun in your hand makes a target out of me.

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions.

No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time to lose.

I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics