The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

I don't want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.

When I'm on stage I feel at home

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

Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn't do. She does them.

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