Tiny Tim
I don't want people to think lm hypocritical.
If the cap ain't on my Crest, if it's squeezed from the middle and not the bottom, there's a problem.
I'm the type of person, I cannot waste time.
If you go back to the minors, you have to start swinging and hitting the ball again. I've been in the minors since the '70s semipros, let's put it that way.
The only thing I think of is the next hit record.
When I first went on the 'Johnny Carson show', the band did not want me, and Carson did not want me. If the audience had not received 'Tiptoe' so overwhelmingly, I do not believe Carson would have let me come over to be on the panel after the song.
One day in 1952, I woke up with a high voice.
I had this image before Boy George, before the Beatles, before the Rolling Stones.
In this business, you're as good as your last hit record, and mine was more than 26 years ago.
Night after night in the '50s, I traveled all over New York City. The promoter had 10 acts, and the winner each night would get five dollars; second place would get three dollars, and third place would get two dollars. He always put the best acts on last so the people wouldn't walk out, and the worst acts went on first. He always put me on first.
I always love the smell of a bat and a glove, or a hockey puck in the winter time.
Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-been.Collection: Remember
I'd love to see Christ come back to crush the spirit of hate and make men put down their guns. I'd also like just one more hit single.Collection: Music
I hope I dont give music a bad name.Collection: Names
Keep walking and keep smiling.Collection: Smile
Be content to be what you are; shiny stones and silver bangles only make you look what you really are.Collection: Looks
Believe it or not, Id love to go to the moon.Collection: Believe
I had simply been inspired by Arthur Godfrey (40's) and Ukulele Ike and Cliff Edwards (20's). In there day, they were huge in this country. I bought Godfrey's book "You Too Can Learn To Play Ukulele" and taught myself. It's a very romantic instrument. You can take it on a canoe.Collection: Country
I remember in 37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days.Collection: New York
When I look at great singers like Sinatra, Bennett and (Tom) Jones, I see great performers that can really move an audience. I really consider myself a troubadour privately and a song-plugger publicly.Collection: Song