You Lose A Lot Of

When I Sing, I Don't Want Them To See That My Face Is Black; I Don't Want Them To See That My Face Is White - I Want Them To See My Soul. And That Is Colorless.

Fear Is A Disease That Eats Away At Logic And Makes Man Inhuman.

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.

You Can't Build A Chimney From The Top, You Know.

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.