The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.

Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

Although it's been said many times, many ways...Merry Christmas to you!

Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life is still worth while if you just smile

The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.

I ... started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt and that's just the way it came out.