It's a dangerous thing to be married right up to the hilt, like my daughter's husband. The man is at home all day, like a damned soul in hell.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

Call no man unhappy until he is married.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo and not talked about and dealt with.

A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.