My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service.

My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.

We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.

We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.

You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!

I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in.

I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.

I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.

I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.

I am a Spiritualist, a proud wearer of the Spiritualist badge. Mediums and psychic research have gone on for many, many years.

Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.

I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.

This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue.

I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done.

As we get older, everyday feels longer, and although I know I’ll struggle, I will do my best to never get tired.

Why is it that govt employees makes the best spouses? Because afterthey come back from work, they are not tired and they already readthe newspapers.

Now if I worry too much about all my have nots, I might not recognize just what I've got.

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

There are certain things that have universal attributes, like music. Something of greater magnitude is conveyed by them. They connect us with the universal storehouse of life and knowledge.

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.