And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.

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.

Everyone is effed up, Dalton. At some point, you just have to find someone to share the baggage with.

Rolexes never lose value, so I started getting a couple of them. I like them. Not only do they look good but they work very well.

You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can live with in yourself if you're going to play the villain in a play on stage.

If I wanted to stun anyone at dinner, I'd hit them in the face.

You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.

My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.

You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.

Music and movie scripts are books. You want to be literally moved and that's the sort of things I look for.

Quite apart from the problem of the vote, it's bad for the image of Parliament that people take the trouble to come up and are not allowed to see their MP.