It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through the winter air. It is the sea that the north wind makes. The sea is in the falling snow.
As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.
I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.
I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.
Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.
Nothing is more imminent than the impossible. . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.
The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly.
The whole thing with comedy is that you are always in control. Writer, director, actor, producer, and sometimes bouncer. And you are just a piece of their puzzle.
The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.