Blue Skies Smiling At Me Nothing But

Once, When We Were Playing At The Apollo Theater, Holiday Was Working A Block Away At The Harlem Opera House. Some Of Us Went Over Between Shows To Catch Her, And Afterwards We Went Backstage. I Did Something Then, And I Still Don't Know If It Was The Right Thing To Do—i Asked Her For Her Autograph.

Nobody Else Even Approaches The Trumpet Like [sweets Edison] Does: Never Too Much And Always Plenty. He's The Greatest Trumpet Player To Play Along With Singers. He Exactly Knows How To Play With You, How To Answer You About What You Just Sang ... On Top Of That, He Has Some Great Sense Of Humor, Both As A Musician And As A Man. Every Time I See Him, I'm Laughing So Much. Sweets Is Impeccable And Incomparable.

I Don't Want To Say The Wrong Thing, Which I Always Do. I Think I Do Better When I Sing.

When I'm On Stage I Feel At Home

The Only Thing Better Than Singing Is More Singing.