A Person Has To Be Busy To

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.

The Minute A Person Whose Word Means A Great Deal Dares To Take The Open-hearted And Courageous Way, Many Others Follow.

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.

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.

Where There Is Money, There Is Fighting.