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.

The trouble with records is that they're too short.

Everybody needs somebody.

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

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!

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

Money just draws flies.