Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.