Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.

It was like Mama suddenly realized I was good, that she didn't have to apologize for me. It was the strangest feeling. One minute I was on stage with my mother, the next moment I was on stage with Judy Garland. One minute she smiled at me, and the next minute she was like the lioness that owned the stage and suddenly found somebody invading her territory. The killer instinct of a performer had come out in her.

I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth.

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams.

I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.

I have two false hips, a wired-up right knee, two crushed discs and scoliosis. If I don't dance, I seize up.

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.