A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything.

I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there.

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.