Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.