I have used all the manure that has been thrown on me as fertilizer to make me stronger.

I do not have an act. I just do Eartha Kitt... I want to be whoever Eartha Kitt is until the gods take me wherever they take me.

I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

I'm still with that feeling that I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, because somebody is going to punish me.

I said to the president's wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason.