Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

God desires your increase in your leadership, stewardship, relationship, and business

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh - it became an entry in a dictionary of loneliness.

There is no friendship between kings.

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

I started off playing sports when I was five years old. I played three or four sports all throughout the year.

The fluent reader sounds good, is easy to listen to, and reads with enough expression to help the listener understand and enjoy the material.

Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.

One rose says more than the dozen.