Bud Abbott

Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon.

That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.

Well, I always had a chauffer, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.