I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing.

You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is art, and you can't do it.

I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it, screen it, go back, then work on it a little bit more. If the joke doesn't work, you can fix it. It's different from a live action movie.

I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork.

When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.

How many people have never raised their hand before?

I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.