Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above expectation. People like Iggy, Lou Reed, Jerry Lee Lewis, Black Sabbath, Nick Cave, Hubert Selby Jr, Billy Gibbons, Al Pacino, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Johnny Cash etc. have been really great to me. What strikes me is most of the time, the bigger the celeb/legend, the more polite and cool they are. It's the insecure ones who treat you like they're doing you a favor by shaking your hand.

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

I thought I had seen a face like Sun Pie’s before but couldn’t remember just where. He had an unusual way of talking…slow but with slam bang action words.

Paul McCartney has said, “I emulated Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis. We all did.

when he came in. I liked that guy.

I have two friends, Steve and Martin. But I'd happily replace both for the friendship of Steve Martin.

The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

The great jazz instrumentalists taught me how to sing and interpret a song. they showed me how a horn can have as much personality as an actor.

I'm afraid, ha, ha, I find more inspiration in the Marquis de Sade.

الغيرة من الفنانين الآخرين، كانت ترمومتر نجاحي دائمًا

Self-respect, courage, and integrity look good on a man. As recovering Nice Guys chart their own

I remember one time - it might have been a couple times - at the Fillmore East in 1970, I was opening for this sorry-ass cat named Steve Miller. Steve Miller didn't have his shit going for him, so I'm pissed because I got to open for this non-playing motherfucker just because he had one or two sorry-ass records out. So I would come late and he would have to go on first and then we got there we smoked the motherfucking place, everybody dug it.