They love us everywhere we go. So when in doubt, send the Marines.

The people who came to hear me perform or to buy my records were not the type who would be offended [by the song 'The Vatican Rag']. But I gather that there were other people who were offended.

If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will.

I'm not an original composer. The tunes are not stolen from other tunes necessarily except in a few cases, but they're in the style of songs that I grew up with.

As for language, almost everything goes now. That is not to say that verbal taboos have disappeared, but merely that they have shifted somewhat. In my youth, for example, there were certain words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can say them, but you can't say 'girl'.

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'

I ache for the touch of your lips dear, but much more for the touch of your whips dear.