But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.

He [Gene Kelly] once told me dancing was a man's game, as much of a sport as baseball itself. And he made us believe that. He changed our minds and suddenly, all of America wanted to dance just like Gene Kelly.

I had the drink after I fell out of bed. It hurt.

I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again.

It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years - except they had little to do with being a child.

She (Judy Garland) was a friend of mine, a trying friend, but a friend. That is what I tell myself: She did everything she ever wanted to do. She never really denied herself anything for me. See, I say, she had a wonderful life; she did what she wanted to do. And I have no right to change her fulfillment into my misery. I'm on my own broom now.

Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.