Sammy Davis

Sammy Davis
children wife cost
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.
morning house
Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on.
wedding las-vegas offering
I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.
three youth highways
During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
recovery sober-up able
Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
powerful men addiction
In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.
grandmother hollywood-hills house
I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.
eleven scales rate
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.
originality imitation originals
Imitations only better the original.
handicaps jew
Talk about handicap! I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew.
regret wish tactics
Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.
self-esteem mystery ultimate
The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
stars debt dollars
Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.
music stars men
I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.