I would say three-quarters of what I do depends on the sincerity of it. You can croak, but if you croak good, they'll still listen.

I had a good record company right from the beginning, and I'm still with them after all these years. I think I may be the only person in the world that's had a tenure this long with any record company.

It was a good three quarters of an hour after before I could see it.

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

Tony Bennett and me are all the same... and he's still singing. I don't know what else to do.

The world changes. The world is completely different now from when I was growing up. Back then, you didn't say things like they say now, out loud, about race and things. But that's just progress. When are we going to find out that we're all the same - we're all absolutely, without a doubt, the same?