A Friend Is Never An Imposition.

If I Had As Many Love Affairs As I've Been Given Credit For, I'd Be In A Jar At The Harvard Medical School.

May You Live To Be 100 And May The Last Voice You Hear Be Mine.

For What Is A Man, What Has He Got. If Not Himself, Then He Has Naught.

It Is Billie Holiday Who Was, And Still Remains, The Greatest Single Musical Influence On Me.

I Said To Mr. Pavarotti Once ... A Marvelous Man And A Great Artist ... I Said To Him ... "maestro, I'm Having Trouble Closing Out A Note So That It's Almost As Thin As A Butter Knife ... Finish It Out Quietly Like That." I Said, "i Have Trouble Doing That. What Do You Think I Should Do?" He Said, "justa Close Up Your Mouth." That's All He Said, And I Fell On The Floor. I Thought He Was Gonna Give Me A Dissertation.