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

What is the point of singing wonderful lyrics if the audience can't understand what is being said or heard?

The best is yet to come, and won't that be fine? You think you've seen the sun, but you ain't seen it shine.

(While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award) I've been thinking about why you have to get famous to get an award for helping other people...If your name is John Doe, and you work night and day doing things for your helpless neighbors, what you get for your effort is tired. So, Mr. and Mrs. Doe, and all of you who give of yourselves, to those who carry too big a burden to make it on their own, I want you to reach out and take your share of this...Because if I have earned it, so too have you.

I firmly believe that nuclear war is absolutely impossible. I don't think anyone in the world wants a nuclear war - not even the Russians.

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

Dyin' is a pain in the ass.