Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can.

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

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

The only male singer who I've seen besides myself and who's better than me--that is Michael Jackson.

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.

Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong.

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they even write it. And if I'm good, I know I'm good. I know best about myself, so a critic doesn't anger me.