Well, I have a very simple method of painting.
But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.
My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.
I have a sort of inner sense for scale.
Making every record is a process full of tough times.
It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients.
Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.
I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.
I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.
You never know what your next dig is going to find.
The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.
Nat King Cole was a really big influence.
Remember, light and shadow never stand still.
What a wonderful world it would be if christians practiced Christianity.
Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class.
To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.