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'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.

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.

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.

Desire wills its perpetuation ad infinitum.

How we feel about our families teaches us and helps us know the importance of feeling.

A pint can't hold a quart-if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us to free ourselves from the very same sins.

How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so much to avoid.

It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists.

What's the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that's at a normal job - and I ain't there yet.

[Donald Trump] has a pretty sizable electoral map win, much more than anybody thought.

Forget your opponents; always play against par.