I'd like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs. So they have to get it through a doctor, not just some gangsters who sell it under the table. Let's legalize drugs like they did in Amsterdam. No one's hiding or sneaking around corners to get it. They go to a doctor to get it.

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know.

I am very much inspired by the great masters of entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - who never thought about retiring. When people ask me if I plan to retire, I say, "Retire to what? I am doing what I love best right now!"

To work is to feel alive.

I always feel the audience is my best teacher.

I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.

What I really search for is something that I really love hearing, something that's my own private game: If I find a song I really like, I try to do a definitive version.