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.

Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.

I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father.

The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.

It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.