Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down.

There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.

What impressed me most about New York were its huge apartment houses.

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.

I never accepted the idea that I was all through. I guess no person who has once been a star can do that, ever.

I don't care to dress up except when it is necessary or good for my business.

I had a probing mind and an elephant memory.