If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story..

I love animals to the extent that my home is my dog's home! Which means that nothing is too good for my Freckles-chairs, couches, beds. But I do draw….

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches..

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine..

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me..

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing..

And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy..

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of..

I just can't read music..

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women..

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway..

I have never known stage-fright at any time..

I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career..

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be..

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight..

I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung..

I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can..

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds..

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed..

I learn my songs by ear..

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth..