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" America lost its face with the debacle of the Vietnam War. "

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" In this business, you're as good as your last hit record, and mine was more than 26 years ago. "

" The only thing I think of is the next hit record. "

" As long as those pretty girls notice me, I don't care if they say, 'Ghastly, horrible'... I live for the beautiful angels. "

" Better to marry unhappily 100 times than to live happily forever in sin. "

" Believe it or not, I'd love to go to the moon. "

" When I first went on the 'Johnny Carson show', the band did not want me, and Carson did not want me. If the audience had not received 'Tiptoe' so overwhelmingly, I do not believe Carson would have let me come over to be on the panel after the song. "

" I'm a very difficult person to live with. "

" I was in Australia in 1983 and did a stunt in a lion's cage. "

" I'm like a pitcher. I'm either on or off. "

" I was trying to find an original style that didn't sound like Tony Bennett or anyone else. So I prayed about it, woke up with this high voice, and by 1954, I was going to amateur nights and winning. "

" The biggest blunder in the history of this country was when President Truman pulled General MacArthur out of China. "

" If you go back to the minors, you have to start swinging and hitting the ball again. I've been in the minors since the '70s semipros, let's put it that way. "

" There is nothing like youth. "

" We've all got setbacks. "

" I don't know why, but I felt as if I was always behind the eight ball, so to speak. "

" I had this old wind-up phonograph when I was a kid, and I'd listen to records. And the radio. "

" As long as my voice is here, and there is a Holiday Inn waiting for me, then everything's just swell. "

" I don't believe in birth control. "

" When a person attacks, it's rough. "

" The devil reigns in me more than in any man I can think of. "

" At the start of the '50s, I had short hair. And I was getting nowhere. "

" My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes as well as my own. "

" Some of the best things in life cost just $2. "

" In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story. "

" Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was. "

" I love the past. I read about the past all the time. "

" I think they should give me a spot on 'Dallas' or 'Dynasty' or one of those shows. "

" They say I spend too much money, so they take it and put it away for me. What do I spend it on? Oh, old records and presents and things. "

" I always bring my little ukelele along in my shopping bag which my dear, sweet father bought me. After all, you just never know when a song might come along. "

" The only thing I pray for is the strength to go out without complaining. "