Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.

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

Regardless of religion or race or ethnic background we are all human and we are all on this planet together. So what better reason do you need to not tolerate any form of violence against another human being?

It's really quite a situation. It's ridiculous. I make $200,000, $300,000 a night. For years I was working little dives, and if I got $700 a week, I'd say, "Wow, I'm really cooking.

I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's all about.

No-one will ever sound as good as Judy Garland as far as I am concerned.

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.