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

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

You take romance - I'll take Jell-O.

Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today - that's what it means, it means it was worth all of it.

She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.

Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that...I love Paris.

When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.