I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.

Hope is life's essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning

I sing all day. And it's good for you. Good for your vocal cords.

Everything's getting homogenized. It seems to me like music and behavior and everything else is getting homogenized.

'The Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.

I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

One day in '61, I was looking in the Santa Monica phone book for a number, and there it was: Stan Laurel, Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. I went over there and spent the afternoon with them. And pumped him with questions. I must have driven him crazy. I spent a lot of happy hours at Stan's house on Sundays just talking about comedy.