Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.

I found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.

Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

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

My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.