I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks.

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

I don't own everything, I do have a partner.

Well, I got people that help me with the restaurant. I don't have to be at the restaurant 24 hours a day.

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

A lost of people recognize me and maybe will ask for an autograph, but it's nothing like if Elvis would've done something like that, 'cause he's so popular, or maybe The Beatles 'cause they stirred up a lot of action.

If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.

I've grown up with my audience; they're my age or older. Not a lot of kids are coming to see me.

'Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it.

A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.

Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star.

All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.

So I'm trying to spread myself to the point to where I can do the night shows and not have to worry about the matinees, and do one or two matinees down through the year.

I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.

If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.

I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money.

I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks.

My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year.

When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular name. They want a piece of the action all the way through.

All I have to concentrate on is my performing.

I'm set to have my best year ever: I'm hiring some acts and there will be a show in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. I'm going to use my theater to its fullest potential.

I have the restaurant, too. I serve Southwest, barbecue.

It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive.

All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.

It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now.

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

Teens affect history. They affect lives; they affect our cultural growth and change, and yet, and at the same time, they are often the most vulnerable among us.

Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural.

People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.

I had more sexist encounters as a lawyer than I had as a journalist.

Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001.

My career got sidetracked after fighting Holmes.

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?

I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.

I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

Mike Tyson has been given every penny he has coming.

I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun.

Women come into our shop for that ultimate moment in their life. They're buying a dream. They're buying a moment for themselves. That's what I sell - moments.

I was always fighting the establishment, trying to run through brick walls.

Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.

I love painting so much that nothing else matters.

I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies.

I hope the best for anybody in this business. It's hard enough as it is, and of course you don't get much respect from anybody, but when you do, you should appreciate it.