Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Listen to her voice, don't look at her.

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.

[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.

You take romance - I'll take Jell-O.

Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along with singers. He exactly knows how to play with you, how to answer you about what you just sang ... On top of that, he has some great sense of humor, both as a musician and as a man. Every time I see him, I'm laughing so much. Sweets is impeccable and incomparable.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.