When you have lived the life I've lived, when you've loved and suffered, and been madly happy and desperately sad -- well, that's when you realize you'll never be able to set it all down. Maybe you'd rather die first.

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

My [singing] style really has no style, because I try to sing each number differently. I’ve always believed that if style takes precedent over the words and music, the audience get’s cheated. It’s like when people see a fine play or movie. They imagine themselves in the leading role. I want them to imagine that they’re singing - not just listening to someone else.

Behind every cloud is another cloud.

[On daughter Liza Minnelli] I think she decided to go into show business when she was an embryo, she kicked so much.

He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it.