I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

Writing is the geometry of the soul.

Stop thinking. Start Dreaming.

Humanity is when the society is able to care, protect and value one another.

My dressing table was willed to me, with some of my furniture.

No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.

Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.

I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent.

The notion that you would initiate a new product without preparing the way by persuasion and advertising and salesmanship is fantastic. It's an integral part of the system.

Every job feels like my first.

Tikka Khan was a soldier doing a soldier's job.