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?

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

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

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.

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.

The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead to action in the world.

Never lose heart in the power of the gospel.

The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need.

The architecture of war and violence is now matched by a barrage of goods parading as fashion.

This is a good thing, mixing culture to make something new, something no one has ever seen. This is kind of a new history.

Nothing matters if we aren't safe.

There is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization.

This, in my view, is the highest responsibility of the President of the United States, which is to maintain the safety of the American people.

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

Now that I'm in my 40s, it's much easier to be an artist. It's good knowing that I'm not in the game to be competing with really young groups of kids on the radio. Or to, you know, make 'beat' music.