"I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?"

"I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with."

"Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart."

"I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money."

"Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too."

"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else."

"My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."

"Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier."