Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I’ve got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.
You cannot make your shimmy shake on tea.
Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
After you get what you want you don’t want it.
The song is ended, but the melody lingers on...
Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines.
Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
Talent is only the starting point.
When I’m worried and I can’t sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep.
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.
In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.
The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with a light from above.
I long to be out in the sun with no work to be done.
Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister...
A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.
A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day.
You can’t write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.