“Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.”

Talent is only the starting point.

Things that really matter are the things that gold can’t buy, so let’s have another cup o’ coffee and let’s have another piece o’ pie.

How much do I love you? I’ll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?

Lord Help the Mister that comes between Me and My Sister.

The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there.

A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day.

You’re not sick you’re just in love.

They say that falling in love is wonderful, it’s wonderful, so they say.

God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with a light from above.

A man may be hot but he’s not when he’s shot cause you can’t get a man with a gun.

I’ve got my love to keep me warm.

Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white.

After you get what you want you don’t want it.

There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

Being a bit famous now gives me the opportunity to help people who really need it, especially children.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.

Everything I’ve done has felt very natural, and it’s happened because it’s happened.

Success, fame, and fortune, they’re all illusions. All there is that is real is the friendship that two can share.

There’s a million people I could name who are more deserving of the parts that I get and the life that I’m living.

When you’re famous, no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public.

Dreaming about being an actress is more exciting than being one.