The only kind of trouble I've ever been in is when I was stealing eggs when I was little. I think I know right from wrong.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

When I started singing, I weighed 153 pounds. I weigh 184 now. I haven't gotten any taller, but I'm putting on a little more weight.

Ah just act the way ah feel.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

So many kids and adults, too, have gotten just about one of the roughest breaks that can happen to a person. We can help these people.