My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice.
I met Robin Williams a few times, and he was a beautiful guy.
I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
I can't get into the underlying psyche of someone like Robin Williams, but he was at that level of fame where he was somewhat self-protective.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
I'd worked for, during one period, for a PR firm, and for a while Rock Hudson was a client of ours, so I knew him well, and I knew when he had AIDS, that he had AIDS, but I would not write about that.
My dad, he's the rocker.
I much prefer being told off by Brendan Rodgers than by my wife. Brendan is more careful than my wife with what he says.
When he brought it to me four years ago, Rodney King had just arrived, I was involved in the clean-up of L.A. and I guess it was part of my experience.
I met Rodney when I first moved to LA, so I'd say 20 years. He's the eternal teenager.
And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
I really respect and admire Tolkien. I think he was the most honest of the Romantics.
I enjoy Otis Thorpe; he took me under his wing when I was a rookie. I'm also a fan of Ron Harper. He showed me the ropes and showed me what it was to play in the NBA.
Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.
How does Ronnie O'Sullivan play snooker the way he does? You can't explain it.
Baron Corbin lived in my house for months when he played for the Colts our rookie year.
If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.
