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" I always bring my little ukelele along in my shopping bag which my dear, sweet father bought me. After all, you just never know when a song might come along. "

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" As long as my voice is here, and there is a Holiday Inn waiting for me, then everything's just swell. "

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" My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes as well as my own. "

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" Night after night in the '50s, I traveled all over New York City. The promoter had 10 acts, and the winner each night would get five dollars; second place would get three dollars, and third place would get two dollars. He always put the best acts on last so the people wouldn't walk out, and the worst acts went on first. He always put me on first. "

" I'm the first has-been star singer ever to sing with the circus. I mean, Presley sang with the circus, but that was before he became a star. "

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" It was not easy to go into a subway in 1955 at eight o'clock in the morning smelling nice and hanging on the rails with white make-up. I could see people nudging each other saying, 'What is that?' "

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