The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

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.

God bless the child that's got his own.

And when you're poor, you grow up fast.

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

I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that Bessie Smith got when she sang ... So I liked the feeling that Louis got and I wanted the big volume that Bessie Smith got. But I found that it didn't work with me, because I didn't have a big voice. So anyway between the two of them I sorta got Billie Holiday.

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