Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

The only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I'm out like a light. When I pick up the book again, I've forgotten what I've read and have to start over again. By page three, even if I've just awakened from a nine -hour nap, I fall asleep again. So if anyone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

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

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

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

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician