The cigarettes you light one after another won’t help you forget her.

When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.

Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can.

A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority. My friendships were formed out of affection, mutual respect and a feeling of having something strong in common. These are eternal values that cannot be racially classified. This is the way I look at race.

Nothing anybody's said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does.

You are the promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem long. You are the breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song.

Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.