As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars..

I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or the half century in be….

Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me..

When you get a groove going, time flies..

Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music..

I don't think you can escape the environment we live in now..

People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind..

What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free.

Now why the hell would I want to increase the volume of my ejaculation ? They can already hear me in the apartment next door..

Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett..

Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting, it can make a very simple m….

My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players..

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly..

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?.

I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was a big shock. When your parents start….

I think of Steely Dan as being of its time, and it may be inseparable from its time..

I had a dream that Britney Spears rubbed her breasts in my face and Jennifer Lopez gave me head while Salma Hayek sucked my toes and the Olsen twins ….

I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws..

I like it when songs develop in some way. Four minutes usually isn't enough time for something to develop musically..

It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over t….

I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow th….