A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.