'Singin' in the Rain' and childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories.

He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners.

If your husband's going to leave you for anyone, it might as well be Elizabeth Taylor.

You just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Bette Davis was a close friend. She loved to have a good time.

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

Lana Turner and Ava Gardner were my special friends at MGM.

I like being a Girl Scout.

My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had.

Every performer should learn a little bit of everything.

Gene Kelly was hard on me, but I think he had to be.

You have to believe in yourself.

In life, I'm like Molly Brown. I've had tough times along the way and gone through experiences that many women have gone through. But I ain't down yet.

I had a normal life; we didn't meet movie stars. We lived in Texas where you had rollerskates, and if you got a bicycle, that was a very big gift.

I can pick good food, but I can't pick a good man.

I don't think you can ever be bitter about anything, because if you don't allow your heart to stay open, then all you have is a filled heart of hate and bitterness, and you're never able to love or like anybody.

I've had to walk through a lot of my tears.

I never thought I would live this long.

Robert Wagner was my greatest crush.

I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.

My husbands all repeatedly said the same thing - that I was not a very passionate woman.

I think it's one thing to be able to dance, and it's another thing to learn all the wonderful moments of dance because in my day... it was the moving of dance.

I'm 78. We've lost a lot of our great stars. I can't hang out with those who aren't here. The phone service to Heaven is so bad, you know. But I get to visit with their memories.

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

I'm a sucker for a good movie.

I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.

I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit.

I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.

I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home.

You all know who she is. There's very little she isn't.

I'm going to stay on stage until I drop dead. Then I'm going to have myself stuffed, like Trigger, and I'm going to put me in a museum.

You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown.

Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.

Everything about the studio was enormous. You walked through the gates of iron, and it was palatial looking. The first day, I was introduced to Clark Gable. He said, 'Hello, kid. Welcome to MGM. I'm just leaving.'

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

I knew Mrs. Liberace. Lee and I were great friends. I know the whole inside story.

I spent some special years in my hometown of El Paso.

I always loved to entertain and show off in front of the neighbors. I would sing and dance at their houses.

We all knew each other in the neighborhood. I loved living in El Paso. I had a wonderful childhood there.

Those were hard times, but I loved living there. I would walk on the tracks, hopping, skipping. I enjoyed the neighborhood, I enjoyed El Paso. I remember being chased by tumbleweeds on windy days; they came up to my neck.

'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' was my favorite for me to be in because it was all dancing. There were other musicals that I made with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly that were wonderful pictures, and we had a lot of fun making them.

We didn't have any real proper school. We did not have a place to go to learn to dance and the joy of dancing.

That's what I love about dance. It makes you happy, fully happy.

Music will bring you through... It brought me through.

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.