Listen to her voice, don't look at her.

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

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.

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel.

I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will like you. Sometimes people will say something you don't like, and you get angry a bit, but you just smile. You let it go by, even if you really would like to choke 'em. By smiling, I think I've made more friends than if I was the other way.

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.