You cannot fool an audience.

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

You can't build a chimney from the top, you know.

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.

I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.