"I realized women and humor were linked very closely."

"I am reasonably happy. I didn't find Jesus or anything like that. Part of it is that I just feel that I could go home. I did not feel like that for a long time, but I could go back now."

"When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a lot of what he said to me had power and impact. Apart from that, I just like him."

"It's very interesting to know what people are doing while you're working on late-night television."

"Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason."

"Patience is a virtue because every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"It is a steadfast truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."