Every afternoon I listened to the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts and when I was four, I told my mother and father that it was my destiny to sing there, that I was going to sing at the Metropolitan Opera of New York City.

My mother won't tolerate any four-letter words.

Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think.

The show was written just for us. We all thought we were the prettiest and the funniest.

I'm a nervous, middle-aged, I guess you'd say 'uptight' lady.

I believe that the dissolution of a marriage comes about by the breaking down of self-esteem.