You want soldiers who, when they get to a river after a long march, don't start rooting for their canteen in their pack, but just dive right in.

If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound.

I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong - I have audio illusions.

There's a place on my arm where I've written her name next to mine.

That for me is more important than anything when you're in the studio - to have somebody you can trust and who knows you, knows who you are and doesn't let you get away with anything.

Jimmy Stewart said he stopped making movies because he didn't like the way he looked on screen anymore. I'm more the guy who says I look like hell but I'm going to see where it gets me.

Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop.