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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.