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"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."
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"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."
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"I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair."
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"North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?"
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"I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me."
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"I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely."
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"There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them will come here, but I expect several million, and with natural increase I can quite imagine a Jewish state of ten million."
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"John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived."
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"Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City."
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"I think the United States is way behind the times."
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"Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to."
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"I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers."
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"When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers."
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"All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education."
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"To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years."
People
"The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music."
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"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."
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"Session musicians kind of respected me because what I was talking about made sense. That all came from an education. Believe me, education does you more good. Maybe that's the reason I've been around so long."
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"I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people."
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"Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music."
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"All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background."
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