Them that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own.

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

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.

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.

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

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

If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.