I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.

It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.

I don't care to dress up except when it is necessary or good for my business.

We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.

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

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.