It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road. You never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.

I cannot bear successful people who are miserable.

Don't be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don't try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.

And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid.

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.