You know, my grandmother used to say, 'While I'm down here planning, God's up there laughing.' I guess the thing with most things that are worthwhile is that you can't give up easily. You've got to hang in.

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.

Regrets, I've had a few but then again too few to mention. And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.

And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain, My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and evr'y highway And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

I respect Jay-Z. I like him.