My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds.