I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.

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.

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

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

The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.

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