I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.

When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers.

Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.

All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education.

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.

Hey, we've all been to high school We've seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people who weren't in. Although I was never in, I was selling records and was very happy.

They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time.

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.

To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years.

I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.

I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away.

And on cold wintry nights she loves listening to Elvis croon "Are you lonesome tonight?" just as I do.

We cannot know. But sometimes there is kindness, and sometimes there is love.

More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.

Vulnerability is the absolute heartbeat of innovation and creativity. There can be zero innovation without vulnerability.

Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.

A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players: witnesses crimping their faces, policemen scribbling in pads and making radio calls, EMS guys unfolding equipment, tubes and wheels.

I wanted to be a jockey.

Recycle those nerves and make them adreneline.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.