I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing, even though I don't always like to listen to it. It's like living in a house where everything's painted red.

Not for me. If I want to tune everybody out, I just take off my glasses and enjoy the haze.

I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go into the wrestling room and sit in the corner and sleep.

I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

Our basic audience begins with creaking elderly types of twenty-three and above.

Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over new York City, and somebody says, `Let's call Desmond,' and somebody else says, 'Why bother? He's probably home reading the Encyclopedia Britannica.'

I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.