Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.

I have never had anything that I can remember in the business - and that includes all the movies and the stage shows and everything - that I didn't enjoy. I didn't like some of the small-time vaudeville, because we weren't going on and getting better. Aside from that, I didn't dislike anything.

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.

I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.

Chance is the fool's name for Fate

I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.

If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.