"I never had a mother, a father, a brother, a sister. I had a grandmother, and she was a saint. She raised me. But I never had a mother."

"I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just live for today."

"You can't be a great singer if you don't know life."

"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up."

"I never had a hit record. All I ever had was a hit song."