And Jet, I thought the Major was a lady suffragette.

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.

My stepmother sold my birth certificate and someone asked why I didn't buy it back. I don't know, really. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was mine. It cost me nothing and suddenly I had to buy it back.

Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.