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

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?

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

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

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

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