The only way you learn is by failure.

I feel sorry for the young people today. I think there's too much paparazzi and not enough protection.

It's sad when you see someone do really well and then you just don't hear about them anymore.

I don't give parties, and I'm not in that social scene. I couldn't care less.

I don't think anything I could ever do could make Gene Kelly look better than he was.

My belief also is that Marilyn Monroe passed away long before she should have left us.

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.