In this business, you gotta hustle.
— Tiny Tim
I'm the first has-been star singer ever to sing with the circus. I mean, Presley sang with the circus, but that was before he became a star.
Don't bury me with anyone old.
I was trying to find an original style that didn't sound like Tony Bennett or anyone else. So I prayed about it, woke up with this high voice, and by 1954, I was going to amateur nights and winning.
Believe it or not, I'd love to go to the moon.
I remember in '37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days.
Death is never polite, even when we expect it.
I hope I don't give music a bad name.
In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story.
Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was.
As long as my voice is here, and there is a Holiday Inn waiting for me, then everything's just swell.
I saw 'Cynthia' five times.
