The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.

We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.

But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.

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.

I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage.