You Can't Eat A Winner's Plaque.

To Keep Creating You Have To Be About Change.

Americans Don't Like Any Form Of Art, Man. All They Like To Do Is Make Money. They Don't Like Me, Sammy Davis, Or Anybody Else. They Don't Like Nothing. They Just Like Sammy Because He Can Make 'em A Lot Of Money.

I Can't Write Anything For Myself. I Can Write When I Hear Like [john] Coltrane Play Something; I Used To Write Chords And Stuff For Him To Play In One Bar. I Can Write For Other People, But I Don't Never Write For Myself.

We're Not Going To Play The Blues Anymore. Let The White Folks Play The Blues. They Got 'em, So They Can Keep 'em.

If You Don't Know What To Play, Play Nothing.