My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be
I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old
Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them
I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.
I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame
[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.