If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.

I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know is, 'Was he my friend?', 'Did I enjoy him as a performer?', 'Did he give the world of entertainment something?' - and the answer is YES on all accounts. The other jazz just don't matter.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.