You Can't Build A Chimney

As Long As You Keep A Person Down, Some Part Of You Has To Be Down There To Hold Him Down, So It Means You Cannot Soar As You Otherwise Might.

A Singer Starts By Having His Instrument As A Gift From God... When You Have Been Given Something In A Moment Of Grace, It Is Sacrilegious To Be Greedy.

I Suppose I Might Insist On Making Issues Of Things. But That Is Not My Nature, And I Always Bear In Mind That My Mission Is To Leave Behind Me The Kind Of Impression That Will Make It Easier For Those Who Follow.

None Of Us Is Responsible For The Complexion Of His Skin. This Fact Of Nature Offers No Clue To The Character Or Quality Of The Person Underneath.

I Had Gone To Europe . . . To Reach For A Place As A Serious Artist, But I Never Doubted That I Must Return. I Was - And Am - An American.