I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

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!

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.

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.

Image is everything, self image that is.

Skin to skinSalt on your skinWave after wave An eruption of emotions.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.

When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was.

We are really the victims of our own problems

Catholics don't scream about Jesus, they scream about the bishop.

People have become so literal because they're used to reality-based television.

When I go see a performer, I don't go to criticize. I just go to be entertained. I don't go to give advice; I just go to enjoy.

Life is a process--just one thing after another. When you lose it, just start again.