If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.
God bless the child that's got his own.
When you sing, always tell the truth.
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.
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.