May You Live To Be 100 And

A Friend To Me Has No Race, No Class And Belongs To No Minority. My Friendships Were Formed Out Of Affection, Mutual Respect And A Feeling Of Having Something Strong In Common. These Are Eternal Values That Cannot Be Racially Classified. This Is The Way I Look At Race.

If You Don't Know The Guy On The Other Side Of The World, Love Him Anyway Because He's Just Like You. He Has The Same Dreams, The Same Hopes And Fears. It's One World, Pal. We're All Neighbors.

The Thing That Influenced Me Most Was The Way Tommy Played His Trombone. It Was My Idea To Make My Voice Work In The Same Way As A Trombone Or Violin-not Sounding Like Them, But "playing" The Voice Like Those Instrumentalists.

Don't Respond To Negativity With More Negativity. Just Put Your Head Down And Prove Your Critics Wrong.

Bad Reviews I've Gotten Never Diminished The Number Of People In My Audience; Good Reviews Have Never Added To The Number Of People In My Audience; Be Your Own Critic.