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You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.
My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking.
Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.
I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.
I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.
There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.
The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.
The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.
I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.
After I decided to become a Jew, only then did I learn that the Jews don't have all the money. When I found out Rockefeller and Ford were goyim, I almost resigned.
I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in context, and they must be weighed along with the positives.
The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world.
My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.
Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside.
Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he has musical integrity. Even when he does a bad song, there's a good quality in the presentation.
I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know is, 'Was he my friend?', 'Did I enjoy him as a performer?', 'Did he give the world of entertainment something?' - and the answer is YES on all accounts. The other jazz just don't matter.