I grew up beyond proud - we didnt have much, but we had a lot of love.

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard, It's got groove, its got feeling.

Pardon the way that I stare, there's nothing else to compare. The sight of you leaves me weak, there are no words left to speak.

You can take the guy out of the neighborhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy.

I do belong to Jersey. There's no doubt about that in my mind. They have been so loyal and so good to me, how could I possibly belong any place else?

At long last love has arrived, and I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you.

I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.

It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.

I dont play golf or tennis, I dont ski, I dont snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.

I'm going to be as big as Sinatra.

I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. Or Sherry, I should be able to do that. Or a Dylan song.

We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within.

Dearest Annie, Roses are red. Violets are blue. I’m using my hand But I’m thinking of you. - Ronan P.S. Just to clarify, I’m using my hand to write this note…get your mind out of the gutter.

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

To those people (who criticize me), get off your a** and make a record.

I get nervous around girls for the first time. Once I'm in, I can take the reins and go. It's just the initial approach I'm really bad at.

Today the discredit of words is very great.

Intimacy between stepchildren and stepparents is indeed proverbially difficult.

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

It is grander to think and investigate for yourself than to repeat a creed.

I wrote three books, I had three greenhouses. It seemed to me to be very satisfactory.