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

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

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.

after several months of probation work, standing on my feet some ten to twelve hours a day, I decided that as a nurse I was a pretty good entertainer.

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

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

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