I just thought that I was going to get to sing for a living and I wouldn't have to go to work in the department store or whatever else you did if you were a woman in those days.

Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight.

Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.

I just thought that I was going to get to sing for a living and I wouldn't have to go to work in the department store or whatever else you did if you were a woman in those days.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.