I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.
Too much TV hurts movies.
The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.
After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.
I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.
My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body.
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.
I was an overnight sensation.
I never expected to be anybody important.
I don't do any vulgar movements.
I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.
I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.
I like entertaining people. I really miss it.
I'm strictly for Stevenson. I don't dig the intellectual bit, but I'm telling you, man, he knows the most.
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.
Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.
The army teaches boys to think like men.
I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.
Man, I really like Vegas.
When I get married, it'll be no secret.
When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.