Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

She (Judy Garland) was a friend of mine, a trying friend, but a friend. That is what I tell myself: She did everything she ever wanted to do. She never really denied herself anything for me. See, I say, she had a wonderful life; she did what she wanted to do. And I have no right to change her fulfillment into my misery. I'm on my own broom now.

Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again.

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.