My definition of an artist is anyone who's ahead of his time and behind on his rent.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

Always beware of people offering you one-time money. That only works in an election year. How are you going to permanently pay for education?

You never marry the person you first see 'Casablanca' with.

If you're lookin' for a helpin' hand, try the one at the end of your arm.

That's the government. Having been a politician and a musician, I can tell you which one is a higher calling. If musicians ran the country, it would be a much different place. We wouldn't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'd work late.

There's a fine line between fiction and non-fiction and I think I snorted it somewhere in 1979