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.

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.

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

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.

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.

He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything!

Physical love is total intimacy. It is the sign that the lovers have nothing to refuse each other, that they belong wholly to each other.

Depression is a side effect of dying. (Almost everything is, really).

For drinking Life there are two cups: The No Cup is bitter, the Yes Cup is yummy -- Now, which one would you rather have in your tummy?

Anyone's blood can become blue for a lump sum down.

I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.