I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea', there was only one thing to do-break his head. When I got older, I realized that you shouldn't do it that way. I realized that you've got to do it through education. Children are not to blame. It is the parents. How can a child know whether his playmate is an Italian, a Jew or Irish, unless the parents have discussed it in the privacy of their homes.

I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.

When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.

If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you.

Trouble just seems to come my way-unbidden, unwelcome, unneeded.

You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.

Fear is the enemy of logic.