“You only have so many good “notes” and only so many good performances in you. Don’t waste them — and forget them not.”
Robert Goulet, April 10, 1991

“It would be difficult to decide in my roller coaster existence, just when I had my ‘Best Day.’ Perhaps it was when I married my present wife, Vera. Or the day when my three children were born. Certainly the day I came away cancer-free from a prostate operation stands near the top. For now, everyday seems as if it should be the best day of them all. I like to think of them as such.”
Robert Goulet

“I think that people who have Vegas throat are people who sing from their throats only.”
Robert Goulet

One of the lines in “Man Of La Mancha” spoken of the Duke in the play by Cervantes/Don Quixote is, “He carries his self-importance as if afraid of breaking it”, amuses me immensely. No one should take himself that seriously.”
Robert Goulet

“When I sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It’s almost like working out.”
Robert Goulet

“In concert, I can tell jokes, talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want to, I can change tempos. I can change the mood because I am in charge.”
Robert Goulet

“I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking.”
Robert Goulet

“I’ve been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid. The good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven’t seen in a long time.”
Robert Goulet

“If people like what I do fine, if they don’t, fine.”
Robert Goulet

“You are as happy as you want to be.”
Robert Goulet

“When I am working, I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner.”
Robert Goulet

“Hey, I’ve been doing what I do for a long time, my friend and I am still learning.”
Robert Goulet

“Why stop now when I’m just getting the hang of it?”
Robert Goulet

“I don’t work out. I pay people to do that for me.”
Robert Goulet

“South Pacific, you open the show with a bang, then don’t come back on for 45 minutes.”
Robert Goulet

“Joe Louis was one of my first heroes. Ali and I have become friends over the years.”
Robert Goulet