What I've learned in the past 12 years of recording (I made my first CD at 12) is how important it is to find one's authentic voice.

When I married Prince Rainier, I married the man and not what he represented or what he was. I fell in love with him without giving a thought to anything else.

A person has to keep something to herself or you're life is just a layout in a magazine.

Getting angry doesn't solve anything.

I don't like yelling and fighting, and I can't quarrel.

When Ava Gardner get in a taxi, the driver knows at once she’s Ava Gardner. It’s the same for Lana Turner or Elizabeth Taylor, but not for me. I’m never Grace Kelly, I’m always someone who looks like Grace Kelly.

I hated Hollywood. It’s a town without pity. Only success counts. I know of no other place in the world where so many people suffer from nervous breakdowns, where there are so many alcoholics, neurotics and so much unhappiness.