The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about.
Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.
My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always wanted me to be. But I always say that when she reached Heaven, she had a word with a few agents.
It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.
I have no plans to rock myself to sleep in my bath chair yet.
When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.
A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.
In the old days, variety turns like me learned how to cope with failure - we all had nights when we 'died' on stage - but today's youngsters simply don't have that experience. For them, it really is instant make or break time - hence, all the tears and, hence, all the potential emotional damage.
Golf is hugely important, as it keeps me going.
I hate Mondays - I hate that feeling you've got to get yourself up.
You can only be as good as your audience. Sometimes you can be as bad as your audience, but you have to remember you can never be better than them.
Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex.
I love getting on You Tube to look at the old comics. I am in my element seeing guys like Jack Benny and Phil Silvers give interviews.
People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.
I've always been a family entertainer. Every show I have done has been suitable for any age - parents never need to worry that, if they pop out of the room, I'll say anything untoward.
If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself.
Television is great but for me, as a performer, nothing compares to a live theatre show.
It's sad when you see most of your friends in the business gone, like Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard, Eric Morecambe, Roy Castle, Les Dawson. They were very dear to me. You no longer have the chance to bump into them at a celebrity do.
When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.
I don't want to grow old gracefully. I want to put up a bit of a fight.
