Sammy Davis Jr.

The civil rights movement wasn’t easy for anybody.

Sammy Davis Jr.

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.

Sammy Davis Jr.

The one thing you don’t want is that stale sound when you’ve done a line so much you can’t find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.

Sammy Davis Jr.

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.

Sammy Davis Jr.

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn’t do soul food.

Sammy Davis Jr.

When you lose a lover it’s like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.

Sammy Davis Jr.

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

Sammy Davis Jr.

You name it and I’ve done it. I’d like to say I did it my way. But that line, I’m afraid, belongs to someone else.

Sammy Davis Jr.