I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.
If you think about how long it takes to write a piece of music for an orchestra, it's outrageous to me, outrageous.
Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics.
Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll.
Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.
I never dreamed that my future would be my husband's past. But it's such a huge past in terms of the recorded content.
The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.
Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
Donald Trump basically said: One state, two states, do whatever you like. I do not think this was a serious statement of American policy. This was him shrugging his shoulders and saying: Who cares about it. I think he doesn't even have the faintest idea of what he wants to do in the Middle East.
I'm not going to let a little thing like the world stand in my way. Why should I? I understand it as much as I understand penguins and I still go to the zoo.
I even got a letter from a young woman in British Columbia that began as follows: 'Today I am eighteen. I am sitting at the window, looking out at the rain, and thinking how much I love you. '