Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.

My father when walked into a room, you could tell that everybody loved him. They really did. He was quite a man. My mother was more into the show biz atmosphere than he was.

I've never been mean-spirited, in my opinion. I never did anything below the belt.

When you do see me, you'll get the idea from when you see me that it's all off the top of my head. A lot of it is a beginning, middle and the end. But it's different every night. I have a lot of jokes in my back pocket I've said over the years.

You've got to be able to sell yourself.

I knew most of the people there who ran the places, a lot of wiseguys. They're all gone now. All good people.