“Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.”

There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

When I’m worried and I can’t sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep.

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.

Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I’ve got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.

A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.

Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines.

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.

Heaven… I’m in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.

The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.

All alone by the telephone.

Talent is only a starting point in business. You’ve got to keep working that talent.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

You can’t write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

Every man’s last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

Fame and fortune, how empty they can be.

If you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement.

I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.