When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.
But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.
Life is like a butterfly. You can chase, or you can let it come to you.
Everytime I think I want to be young again, I remember algebra and physics.
The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.
There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.