...and I'm standing on the corner of Fifth and Vermouth.

I know a girl, she been married so many times, she got rice marks all over her face

When I started looking for pointed shoes, I used to go to Fairfax on Orchard Street in New York City, one of those little pushcart guys. I'd say, 'You got any pointy shoes?' They would go way, way in the back and come back with a dusty box, blow the dust off the top, and say, 'What do you want with these things? Give me twenty bucks. Go on, get outta here!' And that was the beginning.

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.

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 walked 500 miles just to see a halo, when I opened my eyes I was blind as can be.

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