[Louis Armstrong] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.

Honestly, I think I`ve stretched a talent which is so thin it`s almost transparent over a quite unbelievable term of years.

If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing.

Frank (Frank Sinatra) is a singer who comes along once in a lifetime, but why did he have to come in mine?

There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for (Bob) Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me ... We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

Everyone knows I'm just a big, good-natured slob.