The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.

True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

You don't find a style. A style finds you

He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.

A bear! I've landed on a wild and wicked bear!

There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you'd rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you've got to have fun with it.

Some things are going to work, some aren't. But there's always something new going on, so it's fun to watch and see what's coming next.

The best thing about series TV is that everyone you work with is hand-picked, as compared to working on a film.

Needless to say, I have more no-hitters than Nolan Ryan.

The only difference between the easy goals and the tough goals is your determination.

It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.

The conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession.

Activities that seem to represent choices are often inert reproductions of accepted practice.