They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know.

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

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.

I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.

I never sing a song the same way twice.

I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.