When there’s friction in the house, the only answer is good manners.

What I like about singing is that, for me, it’s a substitute for the psychiatrist’s couch.

A lot of the music, and especially rap, I don’t understand.

I think you’ll find, when you’re married, that it isn’t nearly so important for you to be interesting as it is to make your husband feel that he’s interesting.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life’s tragedies.

I’m sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don’t think I’ve stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn’t mean to.

Happiness, you’ll find, is the greatest magnet in the world.

Each song, you’re telling a story and acting.

Your voice dries up if you don’t use it.

The title of that great Christmas song was ‘Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,’ and no one ever heard of it.