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.

God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.

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

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

God bless the child that's got his own.

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.