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

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I just can't read music.

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.