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" I saw 'Cynthia' five times. "

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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?' "

" I keep recording and recording, but they always stay on the rack and never get out there. "

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" We hear about the Gershwins, the Kerns, and the Berlins, but there were some great little writers like Theodore Morse, Charles K. Harris, and Ernest R. Ball, who wrote 'Let the Rest of the World Go By.' "

" I don't want people to think lm hypocritical. "

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" I remember in '37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days. "

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" They say I spend too much money, so they take it and put it away for me. What do I spend it on? Oh, old records and presents and things. "

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