When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing.

I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me.

Trouble is a part of life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.

I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not.

I'd like people to remember that I really tried everything within my range of reality. And that whatever I did, I did with all my heart.

Tennis is like a wonderful, longstanding relationship with a husband. Golf is a tempestuous, lousy lover; it's totally unpredicatable, a constant surprise.

Trouble is part of your life

And I've never taken up a sport just because it was a social fad.

It's a faithless love, but you hit four good shots and you've started your day right.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing.

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

I’m trusting that the pain of letting go will be eclipsed by the relief of moving on.

I wish I could go to Paris right now.

My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.

Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are.

Never forget where you came from. That's what I think when I walk into a cave.

I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.

What happens if a drone falls right next to her?

You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense.

The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.

The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.