If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.

Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.

Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.

The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.

A goal is a dream with a finish line.