My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I spend too much money on my sets and my gowns. I think the presentation is important. I don't think people want to see the old show all the time.

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.

People can take your name and write a book about you and they make money off of it. How is the public supposed to know you're not authorizing that book? As soon as you make a big stink about it it only makes the book sell more.

I use Jimmy Galanos gowns for real special occasions and things - television, special occasions where I know I'm being filmed. But I never really wear his gowns on stage. My stage gowns are more costumey. There's different levels of things that I wear.I would never wear my stage gowns to a party.