Drunken Talk Isn’t Meant To Be Printed

You Got To Set Your Mind Right And The Rest Will Come To You Naturally. No Restrictions, No Hang-ups, No Stupid Rules, No Formalities, No Forbidden Fruit - Just Everyone Getting And Giving As Much As He And She Can.

You Ask Me What I'd Like To Do That I Haven't Done And I Say 'nothin'!' I Haven't Any Mountains To Climb Or Oceans To Swim. I've Been An Extremely Blessed Individual. ... I'm Not Clamorin' For More Trinkets. If I Were To Die Tomorrow, I Could Say I've Had A Good Life.

When I Started To Sing Like Myself - As Opposed To Imitating Nat Cole, Which I Had Done For A While - When I Started Singing Like Ray Charles, It Had This Spiritual And Churchy, This Religious Or Gospel Sound. It Had This Holiness And Preachy Tone To It. It Was Very Controversial. I Got A Lot Of Criticism For It.

What I've Got To Live Up To, Is Being Myself. If I Do That, The Rest Will Take Care Of Itself.

Many Times During Auditions, I Was Told That I Couldn't Carry A Note With A Bucket, And That I Sure Couldn't Play The Piano.