Quotes from Wayne Newton

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.

One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.

I've always had great faith in people.

When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.

You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.

I've always had great faith in people.

When I die, I'd like to come back as a cello.

There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.

All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin.

I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.

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.

I don't really believe in regrets.

I love taking chances.

When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.

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.

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.

I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.

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.

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.

I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.

You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.

I'm better off working as opposed to lying around.