I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.
I'm proud of our court. It knocks back a lot of the propaganda the Communists put out about the way America treats her Negroes.
I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.
Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.
I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.
I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.
If I could read it, I could play it.
Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.
For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!
I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?
People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
