Now what kind of an attitude is that, 'These things happen?' They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, 'These things happen,' and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.