One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

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.

In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel.