“TV is my true love.” — Leslie Uggams Quote

TV is my true love.

Dinah Washington backstage was gambling, always in a hot poker game, cussing like a sailor - but at the same time she couldn't have been more loving to me. I was like the little girl she never had.

My parents were not the typical kind of showbiz parents where everything had to be, you know, study, study, study, study, when it came to tap dancing and all like that. I took the lessons, but they allowed me to have a life.

You can't just sit around waiting for a good script. You can wait forever.

Well, to start, for me, at seven years old, I was on a television contest called 'The Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club.' Each week you won a prize, a washing machine, you know, a dryer. The grand prize was a Nash Rambler car. And before I came on, a young African-American boy had won. He was a tap dancer and he won the grand prize.

It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.

True love, especially first love, can be so tumultuous and passionate that it feels like a violent journey.

The stuff Lindsey does for me shows her true love. I hope she knows I'd do the same for her - even if I'd do a much worse job.

I believe you have three loves in your life and one true love. I really do.

I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans.