We are all driven by an invisible whip. Some run, some have fun, some are hip, some tip, some dip, but we all must answer to the invisible whip.

I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose.

When I die, I want them to play The Black and Crazy Blues, I want to be cremated, put in a bag of pot and I want beautiful people to smoke me and hope they got something out of it.

Keep searchin’ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life.

What about a blues in W, in the key of W.

All it is, is a tone. So I'm gonna come back as a note!

I wish we could just stay on the bandstand, it's so peaceful up here.

Well. I am not afraid. But to protect you, Katerina, I will be discreet." Plain Kate considered a cat's idea of discretion, and was frightened.

My favorite part of podcasting is running my mouth for an hour. The only time I dont like it is when Im off. Then that hour feels like a day and a half.

I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap.

When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states.

The point is that the arts are important enough to have influenced the greatest minds and talents we know. Albert Einstein said that if he were not a physicist, he would probably be a musician.

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.

You have made a very good point: both the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I enjoy a fairly high level of trust among the citizens of our countries.

My label is just "good farming", which isn't something you can put on a t-shirt.