I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.

I don't really tell a joke per se, I build up an attitude and it becomes a joke.

Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.

I think they [Martin Scorsese, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra] liked my honesty. My personality. For that, they always treated me great. I, in turn, treated them great. No secret about it. My being who I am - that is that.

Al Capone's my uncle. The old days were a lot different. The Latin Casino was the big time. When I got there I figured that I was doing pretty good, because remember, I started in nothing but after hours joints. I can't even name them now, but that's how I got noticed.

Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.

The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.