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

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

Once I had the attention, all I had to do was deliver.

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

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.

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me