No matter how great a man is, the size of his funeral usually depends on the weather.

No matter how great a man is, the size of his funeral usually depends on the weather.

I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.

I just would like to keep singing. As soon as I'm not singing well, I hope that I know it, so that I can get off the stage and leave what I have done. I hope I'll know, and if I don't, I hope somebody tells me.

I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I started, when my only responsibility was to sing well.

I'm the only instrument that's got the words, so I've got to be able to get that across.

When Bob came through Cincinnati, he wanted a girl singer to be on his show. There was a local contest, and my sister and I entered, but Bob said, Gee, I wouldn't break up the team.