And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.

My only contact with the outside world was an RCA Victrola, and Elvis would sing, and then I'd dream about expensive cars.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

I was hungry and went out for a bite, ran into a chum with a bottle of rum and we wound up drinking all night.

It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.

I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills.

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.