Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.

I ain't saying that I'm better than you, but maybe I am.

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!

What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.

They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today.