Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had left behind them down South and they liked it because it was just like a letter from home.

You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.

This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.

Everybody needs somebody.

When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.

One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.