Happiness, you'll find, is the greatest magnet in the world.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

Each song, you're telling a story and acting.

What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch.

people have a way of laughing at our deams until we make them come true.

Don't keep telling your parents they don't understand you. Believe me it's much worse when they do. There's just a chance, you know - they really might.

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.