Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.

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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached...

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached...

I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.

I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I...

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I...

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my...

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my...

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults...

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults...

In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies...

In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies...

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and...

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and...

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music....

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music....

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee...

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee...

Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach...

Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach...

I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and...

I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and...

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money...

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money...

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or...

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or...

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what...

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what...

It's up to the audience. It always has been.

It's up to the audience. It always has been.

I learn my songs by ear.

I learn my songs by ear.

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go...

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go...