Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.

I don't like country music but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music denigrate means 'put down'.

If you talk bad about country music it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts but I never noticed.

If it were the Clinton people they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security which the needle is not moving on.

My movies have always done pretty well in the UK - 'The Matrix' films did very well in this country and I do like the crews here and the people we're working with here.

In terms of number of movies I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen it's not so long.

I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.

When you're on your deathbed you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.

As far as writing I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'The Graduate.' You watch one of those and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies it makes you think If that counts I certainly could write.