I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on...

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on...

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after...

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after...

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call...

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call...

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making...

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making...

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were...

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were...

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul...

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul...

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.

I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was...

I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was...

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the...

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the...

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the...

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the...

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and...

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and...

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.