Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.

Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.

It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over the years.

When you get a groove going, time flies.

What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

I like it when songs develop in some way. Four minutes usually isn't enough time for something to develop musically.

We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK.

I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.

As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars.

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.

There are Christians who have never really learned the biblical truth of separation: separation from unclean thoughts and unclean habits.

I've never met a strong person with an easy past.

The reality about life is that challenges are inevitable.

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

I'm not super-conservative, but a bit of tradition is nice.

I love receiving fan mail.

After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.

Being a scrub was undesirable and hard work, living in crowded conditions with no privacy and just being one of many. Undistinguishable.