When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest

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

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 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

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

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