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?

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

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

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.

In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me

Who's happy these days?

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.