What Is A Soul? It's Like Electricity

[on His Heroin Addiction:] I Did It To Myself. It Wasn't Society...it Wasn't A Pusher, It Wasn't Being Blind Or Being Black Or Being Poor. It Was All My Doing.

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

It's Like Duke Ellington Said, There Are Only Two Kinds Of Music - Good And Bad. And You Can Tell When Something Is Good.

Crying's Always Been A Way For Me To Get Things Out Which Are Buried Deep, Deep Down. When I Sing, I Often Cry. Crying Is Feeling, And Feeling Is Being Human.

Live Each Day Like It's Your Last, 'cause One Day You Gonna Be Right