I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.

I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us - dreamers and indolent... It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich - these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.

When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.

I was on subsidized housing for many years before my financial situation changed. I quickly found myself in a new economic structure and, frankly, knew little about how to handle my money.