“In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after”

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style.

I’ve been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated.

I always smoked cigars. I’ve smoked cigars with everybody in show business.

Rich could play way better than Krupa.

They only go after what they know they can get.

It will alter the way you hear poetry forever. And not in a good way.

There is more you can do after you pray.

And when they have done their job, America must look after and honor its veterans.

I’m after a snake and please God I’ll scotch it.

But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can’t live with what they’ve done.

There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player – were talking sixth grade here – that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making stuff up ever since.

Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It’s killing new plays, demolishing one after another.