I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes

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

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

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

My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be

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.