If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.

I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls — you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up.

If so many people love me, how come I'm alone?

The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

I've just always loved animals.

I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man.

When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.