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

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

Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

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

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.