I never posed as a saint. I would have slept with a man for nothing if I liked him well enough.

If I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty.

I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.

I am an isolationist.

When I first went on the stage I was 17 and under the legal age for performers.

Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk.

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.