If you spent your weekends in the clubs, you could see the change in the eyes of the people. They became merciless, in a way, in their desire to be entertained.

1999 was your last recorded output, and then Porter Ricks was put on hold until 2012.

Maybe it's good that we are so slow with everything. We were saved from the damages that took place in the last 10 or 15 years in the scene.

We allow the sonic qualities themselves to develop their own momentum. It's a kind of humbling experience to put the sound first instead of the statement.

God is always full of blessings, but your mental attitude towards life is what determines how of His blessings that you will get to receive in your lifetime.

Hate is a disease, but love is its only cure.

Be thankful for the blessings already on their way. And don’t be surprised if one of your blessings is to be the blessing for which someone else is thankful.

You married into the family. You have to love me. It's a contractual obligation.

I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own.

It is a new intoxication - annihilation. It multiplies every emotion.

Every autobiography ... becomes an absorbing work of fiction, with something of the charm of a cryptogram.

Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

I'm one of the few people in Hollywood who actually had a good childhood.