My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest.

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.