“In Rockford I decided that I had seen enough of the world.”

“I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.”

“try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.”

“It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”

“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.”

“I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”

“I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.”