There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

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

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

Who's happy these days?

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

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician