I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.

You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to climb or oceans to swim. I've been an extremely blessed individual. ... I'm not clamorin' for more trinkets. If I were to die tomorrow, I could say I've had a good life.

Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

Drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.