If I could read it, I could play it.

I got the message. All of us get the message, sooner or later. If you get it before it's too late or before you're too old, you'll pull through all right.

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

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

The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?

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

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