It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.

You can take the guy out of the neighborhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy.

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard, It's got groove, its got feeling.

I cherish the memory of being a friend of Frank Sinatra on a friendship level to the point where we really hung out. We worked in Vegas, wed talk on the phone, and if I wasnt doing anything, Id fly out, and I spent time in Palm Springs at his house - on a level the way friends would be, not with a whole crowd of people.

I'm not doing contemporary songs unless something comes along that really knocks my socks off.

Pardon the way that I stare, there's nothing else to compare. The sight of you leaves me weak, there are no words left to speak.

I grew up beyond proud - we didnt have much, but we had a lot of love.