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

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.

Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done.

I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.

Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be better than them.

I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.

You're just a natural beehive, filled with honey to the top. Well, I ain't greedy baby, all I want is all you got.