I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?
America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.
As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others "you failed," you didn't fail.
But find something that you absolutely love doing. And then get to love the way you do it. That's the uniqueness of all of us. That's it.
Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways.
I have an old brain but a terrific memory.
I know who I am. I don't have to brag. I know what I contributed. I know what I did. You think you can do it better? Hey, go right ahead. The stage is yours.
I prefer that for my own satisfaction over radio, there's no audience. TV, there's no audience. I need the response of the audience, even if it's a silent response.
I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.
I think people need housing. And there's empty buildings, I think people should live in there. If you want to call them squatters, trespassers, hey, I call Wall Street thieves!
I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.
I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe.
I've been in the struggle over seventy years - it doesn't bother me I may not win.
My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means.
Oscar Wilde said the rich and the poor are equal - they can both sleep under the bridge. Right? Do they have a right? You're damn right they have a right!