Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.
The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.
I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life is still worth while if you just smile