I feel strongly that we, all of us, are brothers and sisters, and nothing interferes with that except our education, our background, where we grew up and how we should do it. If you eliminated all those negatives and gave us an open view of what life would be like, it would be different.

Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.

The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.

My life is very full; my wife makes it so. I'm 82 years old and I'm having the best time I've ever had in my life. I want to share that with all of you. Find a way to do that, find a way to be at peace with yourself, to enjoy the little things in life. Make them your own.

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.