"I've been told I'm a good actress, but I never got a chance to prove it. I'd like to do a picture with Spencer Tracy."

"I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn. I try to get the sound of a horn."

"Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose."

"I learned more from the streets than I ever did from school."

"If you don't have something to die for, you don't have anything to live for."