It's hard to play with a bagpipe player. It's like an exotic bird. I love the sound, it's like strangling a goose.

Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.

I don't think that you should be per­fectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates consider­able personal problems.

You're innocent when you dream.

There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

Sometimes words are just music themselves. Like 'Chicago' is a very musical sounding name.