I Don't Know What Would Have Happened

When I'm Having A Rehearsal And There Are New Guys Who Come In To Try Out For The Job, I Always Let My Conductor Rehearse Them. Because I Don't Want The Guy To Get Bent Out Of Shape, Because I Walk In.

When I Started To Sing Like Myself - As Opposed To Imitating Nat Cole, Which I Had Done For A While - When I Started Singing Like Ray Charles, It Had This Spiritual And Churchy, This Religious Or Gospel Sound. It Had This Holiness And Preachy Tone To It. It Was Very Controversial. I Got A Lot Of Criticism For It.

Just Because You Can't See Anything , Doesn't Mean You Should Shut Your Eyes.

Rhythm And Blues Used To Be Called Race Music. ... This Music Was Going On For Years, But Nobody Paid Any Attention To It.

I Cant Retire From Music Any More Than I Can Retire From My Liver. Youd Have To Remove The Music From Me Surgically—like You Were Taking Out My Appendix.