Sometimes when we're flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.

[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.

I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I've met - that ought to make a story.

When I'm on stage I feel at home

I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I've got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.