I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody.

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?