"Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent."

"May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine."

"Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear."

"When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out."

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."

"I'm for whatever gets you through the night."

"Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels."

"The best revenge is massive success."

"You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass."

"Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you."

"I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually."

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."

"I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes."

"I am a thing of beauty."

"I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them."

"Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail."

"I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest."

"The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth."

"You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady."

"People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it."