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

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.

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

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

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

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