As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.

Ladies and gentlemen, Ive suffered for my music ... now its your turn.

Answers given with authority negate the search for truth.

I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.

I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less.

So this is happiness, that journeyman.

You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.

Honestly, I grew up with Disney.

I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early.

The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.

What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.

I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.

I quit driving, I'm not retired.

Football is a violent game. We are violent men.