The only reason I did Showtime was Robert De Niro. I definitely consider him to be in the top 5 all time actors.

There's always been a lot of negative stuff written about me. That's why I don't pay any attention to the critics. They've never liked anything I've done. What do critics know? It's the way the audience reacts that matters.

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

Seventy-five years. That's how much time you get if you're lucky. Seventy-five years. Seventy-five winters, seventy-five springtimes, seventy-five summers, and seventy-five autumns. When you look at it like that, it's not a lot of time, is it? Don't waste them. Get your head out of the rat race and forget about the superficial things that pre-occupy your existence and get back to what's important now.

That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived.