I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do.

When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. Ive said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

I don't feel old, except in the morning once in a while, when I can't turn over properly and say, "What's that? When did that happen?" Our brain doesn't accept that. We're geared to last.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

Let's love, press your lips to mine. Let's kiss, for that thrill divine.

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

People might talk, but minding them will not solve your problems. Thinking and then doing solves problems.

He was so damn hard, he could chip the ice from his truck's windshield with his rigid pecker.

And when I raised myself to look at the man who'd spoken, I had a feeling of leaving my misery behind me there on the stone wall.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.

If you want to be clever in your picture, don't let anybody catch you at it. If they catch you, you're not clever.

Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

In America, we believe that competition strengthens us.