A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.

The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The saddest are the ones who are retired. Very few performers retire on their own. It's usually because no one wants them. Six years ago Sinatra announced his retirement. He's still working.

When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.

Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town.

I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked.

Yale men do not like to be told anything by people who didn't go to Yale. The closest I came to Yale was once I had one of their padlocks.

Much later in life, though, Gracie made a major contribution to the opera world. She stayed out of it.