When the rhythm and night ride, no heart can hide.

If you call someone up on a mistake - if the drummers put an extra beat in a bar or something - you have a lot more authority if you can show them how to do it right.

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.

Savor the throne, but don't mind the stool.

The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming about. Punk was rebellious-and justified in that response-but it had very little to do with music, and so it created a highly-charged but frighteningly floundering atmosphere that I found very, very disheartening. Musical quality for me has always been an important part of rock'n'roll-and winning recognition for that has long been an uphill battle all the way. Punk seemed like rock'n'roll utterly without the music.

Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine.

The mother of invention in music is necessity, not Frank Zappa!