"He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie."
"My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine it taking two men to write one song. ... Good authors, too, who once knew better words now use only four-letter words writing prose. ... Brush up your Shakespeare and they'll all kowtow."
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Source: I've Got You Under My Skin (song) (1936)
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