Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care of you.

The only exercise I get is on the stage. If I didn't get that, I'd get a little round around the tummy, as much as I eat.

I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.

I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.

A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.