My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking..

Imitations only better the original..

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man..

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before..

Talk about handicap - I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew..

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven..

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun.".

Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he h….

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted..

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived..

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else..

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present..

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity..

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made..

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear..

The ultimate mystery is one's own self..

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves..

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man..

Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly..

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent..

My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start runn….