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

Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.

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

How can you sing of Amazing Grace? How can you sing prayerfully of heaven and earth and all God's wonders without using your hands?

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

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.