I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.

You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three...

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three...

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...

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn...

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn...

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being,...

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being,...

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

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...

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

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...

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in...

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in...

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All...

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All...

I don't have many easy songs.

I don't have many easy songs.

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do,...

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do,...

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's...

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's...

I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no...

I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no...