Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know.
The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy. . . it's sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.
A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.
Every time you look in the mirror remember that God created you and that everything He creates is beautiful and good!
I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don't really care that much about women's clothes. If they like a girl, chances are they'll like her clothes.