No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.

It is time for me to be dead for a little while - and then live again.

The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn't let her. "Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on?" she asked me. "The big show is inside my head," I said.

And we all vied, in saving face, to be the greatest student of human nature, the person with the quickest sense of humor.

I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.

The two prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.