To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

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

I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band.

I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

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