The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now

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

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

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

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

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird

I take a breath when I have to.