I've always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.

Just sing it. Don't prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you'll lose.

There is no short cut to a place worth going.

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

Don't get me started on critics.

It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them