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.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.

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.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

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.