I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.

Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

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

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

I joined Count Basie's band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn't see anything but the inside of a Blue Goose bus, and I never got to send home a quarter.