I Had A Wonderful Childhood,

That Is What I Always Tell Service Clubs: If You Hear Of Somebody Who Is Very Young And Talented, Pick Them Up And Give Them That Little Assistance To Make Sure That They Get To The Professional Stage.

I Have Three Grandchildren And Am Hoping For 20.

Perhaps, Once I Am Gone, The One Thing I Might Be Remembered For Is Having Sung A Great Deal Of Mahler With A Great Many Phenomenal Conductors. It Is Wonderful Music, Very Spiritual.

By The Time I Was Four, I Would Walk Around The Corner And Wait At A Local Streetcar Stop, Get On The Streetcar With Somebody Who Looked Like They Could Be My Mother And Go To The End Of The Line.

I Have Been All Over The World. I Have Met Some Wonderful People, Lots Of Them Very Simple, Whom Nobody Will Ever Hear About, But Who Have Been Fabulous To Me.