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.

So you see, you can't do everything alone.

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.

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

I loved downers, almost any kind. Loved the colors of them. Loved them yellow... I did. I would just have a bouquet in my hands at night.

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

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

I remember Mitch Miller saying every week, This rock and roll stuff will never last. But one doesn't like to bring that up to Mitch.

Even when something is not your fault, toxic blame has no place in your life. Focus on your own empowerment and healing.

It's better to lose something than never to have had

The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

Little do we find any Phoenician architecture or plastic art at all comparable even to those of Italy, to say nothing of the lands where art was native.

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

Being alone is and nothing is altogether not.