My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.
I just can't read music.
I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me.
I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.
In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.