I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.

I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public that made me - not any one particular group. So I don't think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have.

The public has become my fairy godmother.

The audience has always been my best director.

If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.