And of course coming from Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was my favorite.

You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character.

You open the show with a bang, then don't come back on for 45 minutes.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

And of course coming from Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was my favorite.

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

I don't watch a lot of featherweight fights yet some of those fights are the best fights ever.

You have to remember, I didn't want this life.

Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.

There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.

If people like what I do, fine. If they don't, fine.

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

I think that people who have Vegas throat are people who sing from their throats only.

I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old.

But I don't work out. I pay people to do that for me.

Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.

Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well.

I wanted to be a plumber.

I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking.

It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out.

I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner.

I'm a performer. We don't retire.

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats.

My favorite actor is Wallace Beery.

If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.

My favorite animal is steak.

Robert Altman's Nashville is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining.

I felt like I was making a record under the radar, and that is my favorite way to do anything.

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.

I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal.

It's the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life.

Life: my favorite occupation.

My favorite actors when I was a kid were in their '60s. Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.

I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it.

I always say that my favorite game was Original Adventure, published by both Microsoft and Apple Computer back in 1980.

Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics.