Without the word dream, or the concept dream, and without the word blue and the emotions, I would have been really limited in the things I've written and performed.

Love ranges from just fascination to something almost spiritual. In the case with my wife Barbara it just keeps growing all the time.

I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.

I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.

Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.

Whether I'm in London, Sydney or Hong Kong, it makes no difference. There is always someone who knows me. I must be one of the most unloneliest people in the world!

I waited, and I’m sure Elvis did too, for each Ricky Nelson record like we would a Chuck Berry record or a Fats Domino record, to see what was going on. I used to say to some of the guys that Ricky Nelson learned to sing on million selling records.