“Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.”

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.

The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what’s missing is the eyebrows.

Modern music is people who can’t think signing artists who can’t write songs to make records for people who can’t hear.

The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they’re property.

The richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich. That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.

Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.

My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot of times I wish I could say I’m not white.

Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.

To me absurdity is the only reality.

There’s a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.

Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.

If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.

Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too.

The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.