A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.

The stage floor was a stage of thin ice for me to tread. To hold my own or to sink through and die, never to be remembered.

If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go.

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.

I take life for what it has to offer me. I don't get aggravated about [getting older]. The wrinkles on my face are a natural process, so why should I get angry?

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.