You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.

You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.

I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.