My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

She sighed. Men were a pain.

A vague uneasiness the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor.

Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans.

A lot of my social media posts are about celebrating these women who wear our clothes, feel great in them and have comments.

Freedom of opinion is like health; both are individual, and no good general conception can be set up of either of them.

I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.

Most people won't realise that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.