To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'

My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood.

I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'