Art Tatum -- he was a genius. And Einstein, not me.
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am.
The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.
All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.