When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at the Sea Shell Association in Santa Barbara, Calif. From the moment I climbed into that 8-foot dinghy in 1952, I knew instinctively what to do and sensed I had done it before.

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love.

The movie I've seen the most times, boy, that's a tough one. It would have to be a toss-up between Apocalypse Now and the first Star Wars. I think the first Star Wars.

When did I decide to go into business? Well, it wasn't a business, when I decided. It was simply a need to sing.

There's a site on the internet that swears up and down that I'm worth $46 million and that I'm one of the most highly paid and richest guys in show business. I really wish it was true! Then there's those where it's like my mother was raped by a martian and that kind of thing. National Enquirer-type stuff. They just make it up.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.