He's a cult hero over here for doing it.

Johnny became a star there; he went there as a center fielder and left as a cult hero. He was created there -- not that he wasn't worthy. I can't say he's not going to be emotional about it, but I don't think it's going to bend him out of shape in any way.

A true war hero never leaves a battlefield alive

The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been sold out ever since.

Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers... It's best to really study your technique as much as you possibly can so you can have a long career instead of a quick one that's a failure.

For many years, I've always been attached to what they call the Great American Songbook, and Kern was a great leader of that because he had the classical training of Europe. He impressed all the greatest composers, like Cole Porter and Gershwin. They couldn't believe he was writing the songs he was writing.