[Answering the phone] Hello, this is a recording, you've dialed the right number, now hang up and don't do it again.

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

That's life,and I can't deny it/Many times I thought of cuttin' out but my heart won't buy it.

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.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere; it's up to you, New York, New York.

Card players have a saying: "It's all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck" - which is another way of saving, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."