"The lovely thing about being a grandparent is you can just love them to pieces, spoil them–and then give 'em back! Yo…"

"But I could sing. It was given to me; it was a gift. And I thought everybody could sing."

"And I thought, I want to tell people who I am, the life that I had as a child, being married all my life. I mean, you…"

"It truly was incredible. It was so great for me. I did three shows while under contract with them. By the time I got …"

"To tell you the truth, I was never attracted to handsome men because they were so attracted to themselves!"

"I tell the story of my life, how I got into show business, my two husbands and, of course, we show a lot of photographs."

"I read. But to be very honest, I don't have time for hobbies. I've been working like crazy. I just came back from a s…"

"Yet I'm now seeing Patrick as an adult and an actor onstage. He's a damn good actor. It's wonderful to see how he works."

"Shirley truly cares about her grandchildren, children, trees, the UPS man and me — in that order."

"Music is my first love. Ever since I was a little girl I've dreamt of one day being lucky enough to share my music wi…"