If You Don't Understand It, Don't Mess

The Way They Are Treating My People In The South, The Government Can Go To Hell!

Making Money Ain't Nothing Exciting To Me. You Might Be Able To Buy A Little Better Booze Than The Wino On The Corner. But You Get Sick Just Like The Next Cat And When You Die You're Just As Graveyard Dead As He Is.

I Spent Nine Days In The Downtown Los Angeles City Jail. The Judge Gave Me A Suspended Sentence And I Went To Work That Night - Wailed Just Like Nothing Happened. What Strucked Me Funny Though - I Laughed Real Loud When Several Movie Stars Came Up To The Bandstand While We Played A Dance Set And Told Me, When They Heard About Me Getting Caught With Marijuana, They Thought Marijuana Was A Chick. Woo Boy - That Really Fractured Me!

A Lot Of The Musicians Asked Me If When I Hit My High-cs On The Records I Had A Clarinet Take The Notes. Some [thought] I Had Invented Some Kind Of Gadget So I Could Play High Register. They Weren't Satisfied Until They Handed Me A Trumpet That They Had With Them And Had Me Swing It. Then They Cheered.

I Don't Get Involved In Politics. I Just Blow My Horn.