I ... started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt and that's just the way it came out.

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.

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

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

Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.