And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain.

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

Las Vegas is the only place I know where money really talks--it says, Goodbye.

If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at Harvard.

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.

Fresh air makes me throw up. I can't handle it. I'd rather be around three Denobili cigars blowing in my face all night.