There's a thing I've dreamed of all my life, and I'll be damned if it don't look like it's about to come true-to be King of the Zulu's parade. After that, I'll be ready to die.

You got to love to be able to play

Music is either good or bad, and it's got to be learned. You got to have balance.

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.

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