"I don't dig that 'happy' jazz. I like to hear a guy play his horn, and I want to hear what he's thinking."

"I just want to sing, and I want to be left alone."

"And nosy me, I went and opened [the fishing kit] to see what was inside. And those things are so real, it scared me to death. I must have threw it a mile. You thought he brought home a box full of bug…"

"I just felt like singing. I didn't care what they said. They told me I couldn't sing, so I sang."

"I've been in more jails than I've had hot meals."