Sometimes It's Worse To Win A Fight

The Whole Basis Of My Singing Is Feeling. Unless I Feel Something, I Can't Sing.

If You Think Dope Is For Kicks And For Thrills, You're Out Of Your Mind. There Are More Kicks To Be Had In A Good Case Of Paralytic Polio Or By Living In An Iron Lung.

When Lester Plays, He Almost Seems To Be Singing; One Can Almost Hear The Words.

I Try To Improvise Like Les Young, Louis Armstrong Or Someone Else I Admire. What Comes Out Is What I Feel.

I Don't Think I Ever Sing The Same Way Twice. The Blues Is Sort Of A Mixed-up Thing. You Just Have To Feel It. Anything I Do Sing Is Part Of My Life.