Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
Art Tatum -- he was a genius. And Einstein, not me.
Drunken talk isnโt meant to be printed in the paper.
I think that most great artists who are extremely known, as I am, would intimidate a lot of people. I don't want to do that to people, but I know I do.
Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.
I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.