Not to be obtuse, but, there's not much to add to this:
"...For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
and not the words of one who kneels
The record shows, I took the blows,
and did it my way..."
lyrics by Paul Anka, an unforgettable monster #1 Billboard hit by Frank Sinatra