The record shows, I took the blows . And did it my way.

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

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women.

There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man.

Don't get even, get mad.

With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years.

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.