"My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over."

"Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn't be anybody there. We'd struggle to raise a quorum."

"There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can."

"I haven't been very active in politics."

"I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction."

"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."

"I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination."

"The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black."