Brian Setzer

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.

Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.

I like a good pompadour.

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.