I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you.
Unforgettable in every way, and forever more, that's how you'll stay.
Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
If I could read it, I could play it.
I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.