Never play anything the same way twice.
At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner.
I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn.
When I was young and very green, I worte that tune, Sister Kate, and someone said that's fine, let me publish it for you. I'll give you fifty dollars. I didn't know nothing about papers, and business, and I sold it outright.