This disease they call 'rap' - some kind of rhythmic pulse is going by, while some sociopathic idiot is belching out grade school poetry.

A man once said when the legend gets bigger than the man, you've lost the man and you have an unrealistic picture.

I have said my philosophy - I'm a backyard philosopher, I guess - is that the dirtiest word in the English language is "retirement."

For many, many years I wouldn't sing 'My Way.' It seemed pretentious for me to sing [my father's] song 'My Way.' Now it must be in the show to help us tell the story.

It's the way of all flesh, you know. Aging takes its toll. Like I said, it's the way of all flesh. When the time came and he finally had to step down, the thing that kept him going disappeared.

There was a time in medieval England when they had wandering minstrels ... A wandering minstrel would have been Frank Sinatra's counterpart had he lived during the time of Henry II in 1190 or 1180.

I was able to put something back. I was able to be of help to [Frank Sinatra] when he needed my help - and he did need somebody's help.

Hopefully I never get hit with that stigma of being a novelty act. Since [my father] death in 1998 I've been doing a program called Sinatra Sings Sinatra.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

I was a very awkward high schooler, especially in early high school. I had the middle part with a swoop, all that. It was the late ’90s!

We know that from time to time there arise among human beings people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat.

There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.

Vigorous organisms talk not about their processes, but about their aims.

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.

That's the weirdest thing about television for me is that you're getting feedback in the middle of the work.

He who wishes to fight must first count the cost

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting.