White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything - you know what I mean?

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.

Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.

I gave the album [You're Under Arrest] to Quincy Jones and he loved "D Train". We couldn't call it "D Train"; it's called "MDI/Something's On Your Mind/MD2". That's on the album.

Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.