"The big bands were great. They were very important to me. I learned a lot from them."

"May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine."

"Rock 'n' roll? It's the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear."

"I enjoy to sing. I enjoy to make music. I enjoy to be with people."

"I'm a loner, but I like people. I just don't like too many of them at once."