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

I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.

It has been said that genius is only the power of making continuous effort. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it. We are told that there is no failure, except in no longer trying - no defeat, except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own weakness of purpose.

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

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.

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

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