There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage.
Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.
An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.
Johnny Carson was king of the kings, in my opinion.
Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.
The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'
I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
I don't say I was the first, because, who knows, maybe there was a guy out in Minnesota doing it before me.
My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world.
In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and all of a sudden you're a major movie star, you know.
Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it.
It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans.
Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!
The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.
I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
My mother was a Jewish General Patton.
I've been to Philadelphia a lot of times over the years, playing the old Celebrity Room and most of the other clubs around there that don't exist anymore.
Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?