There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

I learn my songs by ear.

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.

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

I love animals to the extent that my home is my dog's home! Which means that nothing is too good for my Freckles-chairs, couches, beds. But I do draw the line on chipmunks nibbling at my table linens, bedding, blankets, etc.

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.