I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah?

This is the best biography by me I have ever read.

I like clean ladies and nice ladies.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.