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

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

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.

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.

Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.

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