Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.

What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.

He struck me many times,

I could sketch out a score in different keys, a new way each time.

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.