I found it extremely annoying when somebody would say something like "You seem to be influenced by Ken Nordine." And I didn't even know who Ken Nordine was.

If you took any of my radio shows and you took the music out of them, they wouldn't be remotely the same thing. Music is really important.

You develop a sensibility when you're a young child. Some people say your personality is formed in the first three, four years of your life.

Stop at nothing to get the best work that you can get. Betray, violate, cause enormous harm.

I considered people who didn't like my work to be in some way defective, deficient, lacking a sense of humor, and not understanding what was really going on.

You've got to destroy a few lives on the way to where you want to get.

Listen, you listen to the work and you decide whether you want to support it. But don't ask me why I'm doing it, because I really do not know the answer.

Don't pull your love out on me baby.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.

The most dangerous job is to be a president - That's nothing more than a fact!

Just sing it. Don't prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you'll lose.

Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive

Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble.

Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it's so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.

I'm sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room to grow and prosper.

But looking back, the fact was that I had a couple of big hits too quickly and it was simply too much for an introvert like me to handle.

When you find yourself with the Beloved, embracing for one breath, in that moment you will find your true destiny. Alas, don't spoil this precious moment. Moments like this are very, very rare.