I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

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.

You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

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

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.

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