I'm proud to acknowledge my debt to the 'Reverend Satchelmouth' ... He is the beginning and the end of music in America

Oh, listen a lot and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.

I'll be home for Christmas. You can count on me.

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.

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

Once or twice I`ve been described as a light comedian. I consider this the most accurate description of my abilities I`ve ever seen.