I laughed from the time I arrived at the studio until I left at night. I was almost ashamed to take a paycheck.

Tallulah [Bankhead] never beat about the bush - she'd gossip about you in front of your back!

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.

I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up!

There are just times when it seems you can't do anything wrong. Then there are other times when whatever you do is wrong. I think I could have had more drive. I was never very ambitious.

Children make your lives a mess and set your priorities straight.

Sadness is a moment in which the world took something from you. Depression is a lifetime of torment no matter what is said or done.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.

Artwork is super-important, that's why my videos are the way they are.

Since when does a queen need an excuse to sing?

The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.

Learning is about failure and recovery from failure.

We prepare to die by pushing ourselves to love less narrowly. In that sense, readying ourselves for death is really an ever-widening entry into life.

I'll tell you what does impress me: the fact that a lot of the cats who were our idols are still out there doing it. That impresses me very much.