I have over five thousand costumes and props and cars, and I have a twenty-five thousand square foot warehouse full of memorabilia.

If you do a musical, it's really thrilling and it's a lot of work, but it's very rewarding. I would say, for me, what I like best is what I do, which is, I call it vaudeville, I call it live, I call it in concert, I call it what Bette Midler does, and what Garland did for years, and Ethel Merman.

I've always put my own money into my own shows because today, if you want to stay in the business, you have to produce your own product because there is not enough production and enough people that create today so if you wanna work you produce it or you stay home.

I'm not a big shoot-em-up, bang-bang. I like romantic films.

I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.

I don't have to retire to be happy.

I've always had life threats, and they've always been for real.