'Kung Fury!' I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing.

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.

A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

I have a natural swagger.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

The greatest justice in life is that your vision and looks tend to go simultaneously.

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.

Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing.

Nature is our spirit, breathing.

Jealousy knows neither morality nor empathy.

A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up.

If no producer, no movie.

For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

There is no sense talking about "being true to yourself" until you are sure what voice you are being true to. It takes hard work to differentiate the voices of the unconscious.

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.

Speaking of WAMU, [bluegrass and old time music DJ] Ray Davis did a lot of work there. I've know Ray, I guess for 50 years - 40, or 50 years. And, he plays a lot of my records.

Let go of the things that make you feel dead. Life is worth living!

Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice ... You expect too much of human nature when you expect that.