Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.

When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.