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.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell!

If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.

You've got to be good or as bad as the devil.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

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