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

People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father.

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

I'm proud of our court. It knocks back a lot of the propaganda the Communists put out about the way America treats her Negroes.

I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.

If I could read it, I could play it.