I sing like I feel.
The only thing better than singing is more singing.
It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts.
A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside… I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.
I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand.
Forgive me if I don’t have the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand.
Don’t give up trying to do what you really want. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
In music the passions enjoy themselves.
In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
By and large Jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
There is a time where you’re beyond yourself, better than your technique, better than your usual ideas.
Men have died for this music. You can’t get more serious than that.
I’m too busy playing. When I’m playing I don’t pay attention to who’s listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky. You don’t listen to one instrument; you listen to music.
Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love.
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn’t be able to do that.
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
I’ve always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn’t have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.
You have to sound sad first, then maybe later you can sound good.
To the person who uses music as a medium for the expression of ideas, feelings, images, or what have you; anything which facilitates this expression is properly his instrument.
I’d like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I’ve heard.
