When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!

Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?