I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.

My ego only needs a good rhythm section

For me, music and life are all about style.

That was my gift . . . having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.

We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.

Americans don't like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don't like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don't like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make 'em a lot of money.

The music speaks for itself!