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

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.

You've got to change with the public's taste.

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

If I could read it, I could play it.

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

I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.