"The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything."

"[On religion] I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, benzedrine or a bottle of Jack Daniel's."

"I'm for decency — period. I'm for anything and everything that bodes love and consideration for my fellow man. But wh…"

"I'm not unmindful of man's seeming need for faith; I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tr…"

"There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood ha…"

"In terms of my singing I have sometimes been asked how it all began, and it’s usually been a little hard for me to se…"

"What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can."

"If I had as many love affairs as you've given me credit for, I would now be speaking to you from a jar at the Harvard…"

"I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, a fine fam…"

"Fear is the enemy of logic."