Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy next door.

I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in context, and they must be weighed along with the positives.