This isn't goodbye, okay. There are no goodbyes... not between us.

Ethics and I had crossed paths recently, and I’m not sure that I fell on the right side of the morality line.

He nodded and leaned down to kiss me. I let him, Dad be damned.

Don't use drowsy EYES to look at what Christ used a passionate BLOOD to do for you. Don't use a sluggish LEG to walk towards what Christ used a compassionate FLESH to build for you

The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.

I'd sleep and forget it; I had my own life, my own sad and ragged life forever.

Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.

Progress, the religion of those who have none.

When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals to me.

Love is looking at the same mountains from different angles.

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.