Greg Garrison Quotes

Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum.

I've seen many great performers on stage, from Dean Martin to Celine Dion, but nothing beats the first time I saw Elvis. There was no pomp, no pyrotechnics, nothing to distract you from the raw talent of the man in the white jumpsuit.

Hendrix was a natural genius who played many beautiful styles. Talent as great as his doesn't come through life very frequently. Hendrix was one in a billion.

There can never be another Kishore Kumar.

I am in awe of Rajinikanth. He is a great star, yet so easy-going and grounded.

It'd be crazy to be an all-time great in New York City. That's a dream come true.

Rajinikanth is humility personified. He's a huge star in India, and people are dying to just see him on the screen.

Nobody can be like Mr. Bachchan.

No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled.

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

When I was young, I was obsessed with Michael Jordan and the Bulls. He's the only person I get starstruck over. I don't know what I'd do if I met him - I'd be in shock! That's my dream.

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.

But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.

Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.

When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool.

Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.

You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.

Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that melodic gift. By the time he was four, he was doing piano concertos with harmony in the background.

I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think it's just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him.

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.

Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on the spot. Steve Allen was marvelous, and so was George Burns. But Bob may be the king of them all, you know.

I've always thought Juliette Lewis was great.

No one can act like Bachchan saab or bat like Virender Sehwag.

Bruce Dern was fascinating. He's an amazing character. If you put him in a room at a table, you will sit there for the next five days and listen to everything he has to say and be fascinated by it. He's great.

Messi is the best. I have not seen or will ever see a player like Lionel Messi.