When there's friction in the house, the only answer is good manners.

Your voice dries up if you don't use it.

What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch.

Charm is simply the art of being pleasing.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

Each song, you're telling a story and acting.

My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid.