When someone less capable is ahead of me, I am not pleased. It makes me insane.

What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.

Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he's not, you can be pleasantly surprised.

I would like a wine. The purpose of the wine is to get me drunk. A bad wine will get me as drunk as a good wine. I would like the good wine. And since the result is the same no matter which wine I drink, I'd like to pay the bad wine price.

You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door.

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.