My aunts lived on liquor and seldom felt like eating much. I don't know what's wrong about a kid stealing when he's hungry.

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

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.

Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.

I could always open shows, perform through the middle, and close shows.

I dressed plain, but my partners were always spending more money on clothes than I could afford.