I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.

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'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.

I loved Frank [O'Connor], he was wonderful...just don't get on his bad side. I don't think I would have wanted to marry him, but I probably should have since I married idiots anyway.

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

If you're a dancer, study singing.

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.