Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.
Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.
I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.
I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.
I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.
I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.
If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.
People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.
People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.
She can just go whistle in the wind. I won't do anything to gain her free publicity.
The last thing in the world I thought I would be is a U.S. congressman, given all the bobcat vests and Eskimo boots I used to wear.
We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.
We'll have all the same players... We'll be missing one, actually.
What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.
With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.
Sonny married Donna Rankin in 1954. They divorced in 1962. They had one child, daughter Christy Bono.
Sonny died at the age of 62.
When Ex-Wife Cher auctioned off hundreds of outfits, jewelry, props and dozens of other types of things from her carreer she kept Sonny's piano because she didn't sell anything "she couldn't live without".
Sonny became a Scientologist, but he claimed to still be Roman Catholic on all official documents, campaign materials, websites, etcetera, perhaps because of the negative connotations of Scientology.
Sonny Bono joined the long list of celebrities lampooned by South Park. It happened in episode 70 entitled "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow.
Sonny was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.
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