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

Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.

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.

I don't give concerts, I put on a show.

Lose of hope leads to discouragement.

He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again.

The people of the world have a fixed destiny. But the spiritually developed receive what is “not” in their destiny.

A man who lives long enough will be a boy twice.

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

Just because something seems impossible doesn't make it untrue.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

It was far too absurd to die of a Tuesday

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.