My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don't know about.

My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar.

After Bruno Walter, my career went in leaps and bounds. I have had 35 years of a career that is just incredible, and a wonderful time all over the world.

If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do.

It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes.

I had a wonderful childhood, but I was a wanderer from year one.

My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don't know about.