Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.

Making money ain't nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat and when you die you're just as graveyard dead as he is.

When you're dead, you're done.

You see, pops, that's the kind of talk that's ruining the music. Everyone's trying to do something new, no one trying to learn the fundamentals first. All them young cats playing their wierd chords. And what happens? No one's working.

The best I can do is stay happy.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.