Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
- Wayne Newton
Reason, Some, Johnny Carson, Hurt
I love taking chances.
- Wayne Newton
Love, Chance, Taking Chances, Chances
When I die, I'd like to come back as a cello.
- Wayne Newton
Die, Back, Like, Cello
All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin.
- Wayne Newton
Red, Hits, Bobby, Roses
Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
- Wayne Newton
Father, Very, First One, Good Friends
One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.
- Wayne Newton
Hero, Night, One Night, Visit
There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me.
- Wayne Newton
Politics, Rest, Conservative, Surprised
Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
- Wayne Newton
Happen, Making, Been, Victim
On any given night - there are nights that you feel better. There are nights that you are vocally better. There are nights that you are not as vocally good. No question about it.
- Wayne Newton
Question, No Question, Given, Nights
When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
- Wayne Newton
Fast, Common, Became, Elvis
I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
- Wayne Newton
Faith, Always, Great Faith, Upstairs
I'm better off working as opposed to lying around.
- Wayne Newton
Better, Better Off, Opposed, Lying
Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before.
- Wayne Newton
Doing, Performer, Las Vegas, Sudden
I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names.
- Wayne Newton
Vegas, Knew, Gamblers, Miss
You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.
- Wayne Newton
Mountains, Soul, Through, Growth
When you think about those of us that live the life that we want to live, we can thank absolutely and completely our men and women in uniform. Because if it were not for them, we wouldn't enjoy the freedoms that we have.
- Wayne Newton
Think, Want, About, Men And Women
But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.
- Wayne Newton
Never, Laughed, Bobby, My Friend
If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
- Wayne Newton
Bad, Am, Happened, Bad Things
There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.
- Wayne Newton
Myself, My Life, Feeling, Sorry
When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show.
- Wayne Newton
Fact, Bad, Everybody, Standing
I don't really believe in regrets.
- Wayne Newton
Believe, Really, Regrets
I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
- Wayne Newton
Old, Been, Nine, Entire Life
I played Vegas at the age of 16 years old, in 1959.
- Wayne Newton
Age, Old, Played, Vegas
I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.
- Wayne Newton
Chance, I Believe That, Fate
I've always had great faith in people.
- Wayne Newton
Faith, Always, Had, Great Faith
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