it follows that if you aren't happy with yourself, you won't be happy with others..

I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean t….

What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch..

On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations..

I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, bu….

The best substitute for money is ingenuity..

I think you'll find, when you're married, that it isn't nearly so important for you to be interesting as it is to make your husband feel that he's in….

youth has everything - everything but experience and tolerance..

I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness..

Your voice dries up if you don't use it..

people have a way of laughing at our deams until we make them come true..

A lot of the music, and especially rap, I don't understand..

Each song, you're telling a story and acting..

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed..

When there's friction in the house, the only answer is good manners..

My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid..

Charm is simply the art of being pleasing..

Happiness, you'll find, is the greatest magnet in the world..

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ….

The title of that great Christmas song was 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,' and no one ever heard of it..

Don't keep telling your parents they don't understand you. Believe me it's much worse when they do. There's just a chance, you know - they really mig….