“I'm doing what great artists before me did, like Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Eddie Cantor. I'm doing what they were doing, not at their level yet, but one day I will be. I'm just happy to be in their company.” ArtistLevelsCompanyOne DayGreat ArtGreat ArtistGarlandsSammy Davis Author:Mike Tyson
“Joseph Cotten, who said, You know how I got my name? Sammy Davis picked it for me. Never got a dinner!” KnowsSaidNamesKnow HowDinnerSammy Davis Author:Red Buttons
“Moshe Dayan, who said to Sammy Davis, Jr., That's funny, to me you only look half Jewish. Never got a dinner!” LooksSaidHalfDinnerSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Red Buttons
“Americans don't like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don't like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don't like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make 'em a lot of money.” MenArtAmericaFormLike MeMaking MoneyEmsLots Of MoneyDon't Like MeSammy Davis Author:Miles Davis
“Tom Jones is funny to me, man. I mean, he really tries to ape Ray Charles and Sammy Davis, you know. He's nice-looking; he looks good doing it. I mean, if I was him, I'd do the same thing. If I was only thinking about making money.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenTryingLooksMeanNiceMaking MoneyRaysTomsApesCommercialismSammy Davis Author:Miles Davis
“I felt Michael Jackson was inspired a little bit more from the elegance of a Fred Astaire. Michael loved Sammy Davis, Jr. and James Brown and Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. But he wasn't any of those people. To be inspired is one thing, but he made it all his own.” PeopleLittlesMadeFeltBitsOne ThingLittle BitInspiredMade ItBrownEleganceBe InspiredGarlandsSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Kenny Ortega
“Every time I was with Sammy [Davis Jr.] it was like going to the show business museum because the stories were so extraordinary, and I didn't care if they were true or not after a while. ... I don't know if he really got high with Humphrey Bogart or not. It didn't matter because he was painting these fantastic pictures.” IfsKnowsMatterStoriesShowsCarePaintingExtraordinaryFantasticMuseumsShow BusinessBogartSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Billy Crystal
“When I lived in Las Vegas, I was meeting everybody: Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones - we won't go there - but all these people that were working in Vegas a million years ago, way before I was Elvira.” PeopleWayYearsMillionsYears AgoMeetingsFrankTomsVegasLas VegasSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Cassandra Peterson
“I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson.” PeopleUsedHouseSidesVoiceLaughingStupidJokesSouthShoesChicagoStorytellerPolishFlipLiquidMicrophonesWilsonKiwiSammy DavisStupid JokesSammy Davis Jr Author:Bernie Mac
“People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment.” PeoplePathEntertainmentSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Dionne Warwick
“I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.” PeopleFeelsLooksLongWantedCareersLong TimeStandingShouldersIconsEmulateSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Dionne Warwick
“I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a Sammy Davis, Jr., bringing together the street dance of African American urban culture, joining them to the politics of dance, of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on that sphere alone.” ThinkingTogetherCultureGenerationsStreetsSkillsAll TimeAfrican AmericanSpheresGenesUrbanEntertainersJoiningSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Do you think Sammy Davis ate Junior Mints?” PeopleThinkingStupidJuniorsStupid PeopleMintSammy Davis Book:Napalm & Silly Putty Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“Please stop assuming that longevity and perfect health is always the correct option. No. Sometimes fun costs ya. It just does, you know? And that's OK, you're willing to make that purchase. Sammy Davis, Jr. was 64 when he died. Give me 64 Sammy-years, I'll be happy.” KnowsGivingYearsDoeSometimesFunPerfectWillingPleaseCostGive MeDiedAssumingLongevitySammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Bill Maher
“A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr. - I spent a lot of time with Sammy. I was over at his house almost every night. Those people were very special and very special for me.” PeopleEnoughNightHouseSpecialFieldsFortunateEvery NightNight TimeSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:James Darren
“Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.” LittlesAbleUsedNightBitsStudySawsLittle BitPerformersEvery NightSammy Davis Author:Bobby Vinton