I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.

Ragtime was my lullaby.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

Slow motion gets you there faster.

The trouble with doing nothing is that you can never take any time off.

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.

In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers.

Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo.

I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.

You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.

We are only failures in life when give up and stop trying.If you fail, get up and try again.

The most important things in your home are people.

I like my man to be witty; he needs a sense of humour and needs to be extremely well-mannered.

I cherish all of the times I've fallen on my face and made mistakes, because those experiences have made me who I am.

DaDa is beautiful like the night, who cradles the young day in her arms.

At the root of all the varied manifestations of dancing, lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize emotional states which we cannot extemalize by rational means.

I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.

Ambition is the death of thought.

Shake the hand that feeds you.

We cannot continue doing the same thing and expect different results