had no interest in being associated with any advertisement campaigns whatsoever.

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved.

I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.