“The crowd screamed, and in the same instant the band whammed into "Lady" like a desperate man into a ten-dollar prostitute.”

“And oil's not supposed to mix with water. But then someone invented mayonnaise, and wham - instant mixing.”

“No, not a prostitute. An ‘escort’ … An ‘Escort’ who’d meet me in a hotel room and do anything I asked in exchange for three hundred prepaid dollars. Not a prostitute at all.”

“The Indian danced on alone. The crowd clapped up the beat. The Indian danced with a chair. The crowd went crazy. The band faded. The crowd cheered. The Indian held up his hands for silence as if to make a speech. Looking at the band and then the crowd, the Indian said, "Well, what're you waiting for? Let's DANCE.”

“Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.”

“I didn't go into prostitution because I was desperate. I did it because I was bored.”