I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.

I can't listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You're just processing too much, there's no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.

Disneyland is Vegas for children.

I like Thelonious Monk, he's so gnarled, he's like a piece of machinery that's pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.

and when they pulled her from the wreck, you know, she still had on her shades