I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.

What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.

I had a probing mind and an elephant memory.

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.

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

Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down.

I dressed plain, but my partners were always spending more money on clothes than I could afford.