Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.

I think todays music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

Well, we all age, but Id been taking herbal supplements for a long time.

Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I took.

Yes, but I don't think of the Teen Angel as of an age.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

I wound up signing to RCA Victor as a trumpeter, guesting on shows like Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners.

I was not a trained actor.

The willingness to burn your ships, cut off all sources of retreat, and take decisive action is often the only assured path to success.

In poetry you must love the words the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.

The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.

I spent all my youth with horses.

I alternate between feeling incredibly lucky that I've gotten away with almost everything I wanted to do, and feeling like I've been shafted.

Every director works differently but one thing's important: they must have a vision. If they don't have a vision I don't care how they work.

Rock 'n' roll is about music. Music. Music. Music. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about Oasis. It's about the tunes.

It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.