If you ever plan to motor west, travel my way, take the highway that is best. Get your kicks, on Route Sixty-six.

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

Unforgettable in every way, and forever more, that's how you'll stay.

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

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.

I'm a businessman. I work for business people. The kind of thing they say is: Now we've sold a lot of records, let's sell some more.

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