I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties.

I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul. But I heard the voice of Jesus saying still to fight on.

What are you doing for others?

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.