It’s No Disgrace To Be Black, But

It Is From The Blues That All That May Be Called American Music Derives It Most Distinctive Characteristics.

Make Yourself As Happy As Possible, And Try To Make Those Happy Whose Lives Come In Touch With Yours. But To Attempt To Right The Wrongs And Cease The Sufferings Of The World In General Is A Waste Of Effort.

In Berlin I Especially Enjoyed The Orchestral Concerts, And I Attended A Large Number Of Them. I Formed The Acquaintance Of A Good Many Musicians, Several Of Whom Spoke Of My Playing In High Terms.

In The Life Of Everyone There Is A Limited Number Of Experiences Which Are Not Written Upon The Memory, But Stamped There With A Die; And In The Long Years After, They Can Be Called Up In Detail, And Every Emotion That Was Stirred By Them Can Be Lived Through Anew; These Are The Tragedies Of Life.

Young Man, Young Man, Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God.