My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.
The best substitute for experience is being sixteen.
did not discover bromine, rather bromine discovered . { .}
You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.
Right now I'm single. Single, and loving it.
If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
I always begin to compose the melody first.
I am the worlds laziest writer.
When you have girl children they torture you!
I have to choose songs that represent my personality.
It is still color, it is not yet light.
I've become a captive of my own ambitions.
I played with Arthur Godfrey for about a year and a half.
I allow no one to touch me.
I was in Jungian analysis for 20 years, 1976-96.
We don't grow older, we grow riper.
I like to browse and just hang in bookstores.
You sort of have to become what you're wearing.
I was married for 36 years but now I'm free.
It's hard for me to put on weight.
I'm still true to my Southern roots.
