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

I don't like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, 'Oh God, another one bites the dust.'

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.

Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.

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.

I worry about a lot of things, but I don’t worry about achievements. I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs in Heaven.