Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform.

I always have to go that extra mile, and I do it and I don't mind doing it, but it isn't fair.

Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.