I was born and raised during Depression Years when we were on County relief and we all went out and we hustled. we worked. I worked in a restaurant, I washed dishes.

Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.

When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank.

Men's clothes are becoming kind of mod. They're becoming more colorful and more flamboyant, and the male peacock is beginning to show his true plumage.

Why don't I just step out and slip into something more spectacular?

If I were President, I would spend the money that is spent on wars every 20 years and spend it on giving people work. Let them build roads, bridges, buildings, schools.

You can have either the Resurrection or you can have Liberace. But you can't have both.

Nakedness makes us democratic, adornment makes us individuals.

I had to dare a little bit. Who am I kidding-I had to dare a lot. Dont wear one ring, wear five or six. People ask how I can play with all those rings, and I reply, Very well, thank you.

You know the bank I used to cry all the way to. I bought it.

My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle.

Life is unbearable pain.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars.

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.

I know they say the first love is the sweetest but that first cut is the deepest

The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.

Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.

I have chosen the positive approach - instead of stressing the bad things which I am against, I stress the good things which I am for.

Stalking the Angel [Joe]"I could off anybody in this place five times over." [Elvis]"Could you off someone and get away with you here?" [Joe]Head shake. "I'm too good even for me.