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 started to earn money because we didn't have money.

I still perform live primarily. I just keep traveling and doing live shows. The main difference in film, you know in your mind that you are doing it for posterity, you are doing for the eventual audience and it will be around forever.

I've always had my guard. I have my cook and my guard. I want to eat, and I want to live.

I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.

I think men like the boobie shows. Vegas will always be Vegas.

Marilyn Monroe was a very sweet girl, she was a very innocent girl.