I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

My age now, like my age 20 years ago, marks the year in which I was born. That's all.

Troubadours travelled from town to town. They didn't really sing too good, which is the main reason they kept going.

Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who treat them like strange beings.

Radio was so important to everybody back then; there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was beautiful.

I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.

My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. It's not just what do you for yourself. It's how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isn't big anything better than the golden rule. It's in every major religion in one language or another.