Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don't know how mean she looks.

All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues.

The Big Band Era is my era. People say, 'Where did you get your style from?' I did the Big Band Era on guitar. That's the best way I could explain it.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.