Zitat des Tages von Paul Shaffer:
You've got to be a really straight man to write a song like 'It's Raining Men.'
I actually met Deadmau5 for the first time on the red carpet in Hollywood for the Grammys. I was there with my daughter, and he introduced himself to me. He said, 'Hey, I'm from Toronto.' I had a little conversation with him, and then I realized I'm talking to a guy with a giant mouse head.
When Marty Short and I get together, I sit down at the piano and play the score of 'Godspell.'
I love to do comedy, but music is really my heart.
Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?
Life is nutty; anything can happen.
James Brown was my favorite, my absolute idol. Every time I played with him was like a music lesson, and I never thought I could be so funky! I mean, a white boy from Canada - a Jew - getting down with his funky bad self!
I love to be the center of attention. My oversized ego craves it and needs it.
As far as favorite 'overall package' record of all time, I'd have to say 'My Girl' by The Temptations. I like everything about it, not only the composition - but the arrangement, the production, the lead vocals, the background vocals, the horns, the strings. That one I listen to over and over again.
Everybody should have a shelter dog. It's good for the soul.
Writing never had the immediate gratification I was looking for.
The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.
When you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love.
I don't know why this concept of what is hip became so important to me.
My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy.
I lived at the Gramercy Park Hotel for about 10 years. It was terrific. It was a pleasantly run-down hotel of the '70s and '80s with a mix of older, rent-controlled apartment dwellers, Europeans and new wave and punk bands. The room service was great, the hamburger was terrific, and they had a doctor who made house calls.
The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.
