Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

I'm not kidding myself. My voice alone is just an ordinary voice. What people come to see is how I use it. If I stand still while I'm singing, I'm dead, man. I might as well go back to driving a truck.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them.

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.

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.