When You Sing, Always Tell The Truth.

If Nobody Can Learn From The Past, Then There's No Point In Raking It Up.

I Joined Count Basie's Band To Make A Little Money And To See The World. For Two Years I Didn't See Anything But The Inside Of A Blue Goose Bus, And I Never Got To Send Home A Quarter.

The Only Reason They're Out There Is To See Me Fall Into The Damn Orchestra Pit.

New Orleans Is The Only City In The World You Go In To Buy A Pair Of Nylon Stockings They Want To Know Your Head Size.

A Kiss That Is Never Tasted, Is Forever And Ever Wasted.