I don't look down to an audience. I look up to them. They respond to quality.

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.

I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

The young people look great on television. They’re youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven’t got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so.

Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do