I've met every freak in the business.
I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
Some summers my father would take us down to visit our grandmother in Louisville, who was an ex-slave, Susan Jones, and she had a shotgun shack they call it, and no electricity, a well in the back, a coal stove, kerosene lamps.
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.