I got the message. All of us get the message, sooner or later. If you get it before it's too late or before you're too old, you'll pull through all right.

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

If you ever plan to motor west, travel my way, take the highway that is best. Get your kicks, on Route Sixty-six.

I'm a musician at heart. I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.

Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.

There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!

You've got to change with the public's taste.