We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen.

I wondered what I would do if I didn't have my God to turn to and be able to read the Book He had divinely inspired.

I had a probing mind and an elephant memory.

I'm not afraid to die. I'm looking forward to it. I know the Lord has His arms wrapped around this big sparrow.

The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.