"My music is for everybody. Black, white, green, yellow. Everybody."

"Seems to me that the people who all the time talking about what's wrong with the world, are the same ones who ain't doing nothing to make it right."

"I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard worker."

"Colored folks are the only folks that can sing the blues."

"Satchmo, that's what they call me. Short for Satchelmouth. Because of my big mouth."