"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up."

"I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or somethin…"

"I hate to sing the same song the same way twice. I just don't like it. I don't know. I feel like it's a drag."

"I don't dig that 'happy' jazz. I like to hear a guy play his horn, and I want to hear what he's thinking."

"I never took a singing lesson in my life."