I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.

I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day, every day, for about 40 years and it never occurred to me it'd kill me. If I'd have continued it might have killed me. My doctor said I should stick to wine.

The all-time greatest Atlantic group - The Drifters