If You Can Play The Blues, You

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.

If Somebody Don't Like Something That I Do, That's His Or Her Prerogative. Just Like It's Mine.

Affluence Separates People. Poverty Knits 'em Together. You Got Some Sugar And I Don't; I Borrow Some Of Yours. Next Month You Might Not Have Any Flour; Well, I'll Give You Some Of Mine.

The Important Thing Is To Feel Your Music, Really Feel It And Believe It.

Art Tatum -- He Was A Genius. And Einstein, Not Me.