I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sitting in front of for hours.

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.

The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house to accommodate everything.

I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get.

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.

So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.

People with no humor, they're outta my life.

I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot.

We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes.

I'll never wake up in a good mood again. I'm tired of these stinky boots

I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing so simple a child could understand it.

Don't ask your customers what they want. This rule is based on the view that they probably don't know. You have to fully understand them, the context for their needs and their major dissatisfactions.

Every citizen, scientists included, has some obligation to be involved in public affairs and politics.

In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated by all the permutations the genre has gone through.

Say, "I can do everything ." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it."

I hope that by joining The Giving Pledge, it will encourage others to do the same.