When I Recorded For Columbia, I Could

In The Press, My Sex Life Was Something Else Again. I Was Lady Bountiful Of The Sheets. Some Of The Best Fiction Of The Sixties Was Written About My Amorous Adventures With An Assortment Of Lovers Who Could Have Only Been Chosen By A Berserk Random Sampler.

The One Radio Voice That I Listened To Above Others Belonged To Ella Fitzgerald. There Was A Quality To Her Voice That Fascinated Me, And I'd Sing Along With Her, Trying To Catch The Subtle Ways She Shaded Her Voice, The Casual Yet Clean Way She Sang The Words.

If A Man Does Something Silly, People Say, 'isn't He Silly?' If A Woman Does Something Silly, People Say, 'aren't Women Silly?

I Just Feel So Fortunate And So Blessed To Have Been Able To Entertain People In The Theatres And On Record, It's Just An Amazing Life That I've Experienced.

I Had A Wonderful Family Including My Aunts, Uncles And Cousins But They've All Gone To Heaven.