I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.

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