The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you`re off it.

I`m no alcoholic. I`m a drunkard. There`s a difference. A drunkard doesn`t like to go to meetings.

I have no use for humility. I am a fellow with an exceptional talent.

[trademark line] How sweet it is!"

[on what inspired him to became a "mood music" legend, via a series of successful albums] Every time I ever watched Clark Gable do a love scene in the movies, I`d hear this really pretty music, real romantic, come up behind him and help set the mood. So I`m figuring that if Gable needs that kinda help, then a guy in Canarsie has gotta be dyin` for something like this.

Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl.

A lot of people say, `Well, I like a challenge.` I don`t like challenges. Life is tough enough without any challenges.

Drinking removes warts and pimples. Not from me. But from those I look at.

The worst thing you can do with money is save it.

I have no use for humility. I am a fellow with an exceptional talent.

[on what inspired him to became a "mood music" legend, via a series of successful albums] Every time I ever watched Clark Gable do a love scene in the movies, I`d hear this really pretty music, real romantic, come up behind him and help set the mood. So I`m figuring that if Gable needs that kinda help, then a guy in Canarsie has gotta be dyin` for something like this.

The worst thing you can do with money is save it.

I`m no alcoholic. I`m a drunkard. There`s a difference. A drunkard doesn`t like to go to meetings.

[trademark line] How sweet it is!"

Drinking removes warts and pimples. Not from me. But from those I look at.