I have never retired – I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.

I’m the original.

They planned this fair to bring business to Chicago, into the Loop. But you could have fired a cannon down state street and hit nobody, because everybody was out at the fair.

What in heaven’s name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I’ll bet lots of grandmothers do it.

If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.

I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo.

I haven’t been out of work since the day I took my pants off.

I have never retired – I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.

I’m not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.

When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.