Paul Shaffer Quotations

Writing never had the immediate gratification I was looking for.

When Marty Short and I get together, I sit down at the piano and play the score of 'Godspell.'

When I discovered that I could tune into American radio stations after dark, this was the hippest thing to me. It sort of saved my life.

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.

The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.

My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy.

I've never had a plan for the future.

I'm doing less than I used to because I'm a family man now, and I have two kids.

I want to learn to sight-read music. And to play the bass pedals on the organ. Those are my only ambitions.

I still talk incessantly about 'SCTV,' and I say, 'Screw the kids!'