I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.

Cause you mean the world to me, you are my everything; I swear the only thing that matters, matters to me.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

I can imagine you touching my private parts. With just the thought of you I can't help, but touch myself.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work, I know I can't do that.

...And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be

If art has a purpose, it is to interpret life, reproduce it in fresh visions.

I weep at everything. I love things so much - I just never want to dilute that.

I've gotten to work with some great people. I've been really lucky.

The cool thing about the universe is that it can format itself into tiny little manifestations that are not entirely aware of all aspects of life.

All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way. [Die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden ... denn hier muss ein jeder nach seiner Fasson selig werden.]

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.

Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.