Ragtime was my lullaby.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

Slow motion gets you there faster.

The trouble with doing nothing is that you can never take any time off.

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.

In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers.

Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo.

I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.

I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.

You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.

Stop identification of your thoughts nd celebrate Now. Bcz life is made up of time that is NOW . . . . .!!!

A rich person who has no love in his heart is poorer than a poor person who has no money in his pocket.

I think leadership is not something you learn it's something you discover.

For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.

Every man knows the smell of his own fart.

What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison.

Please help my arthritis. Please help me bring up my strength, make me young again.

I cannot understand a society that is more afraid of a man in a dress than a man in a soldier’s uniform.

If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become.