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Goodbye don't mean gone.
I was born with music inside me
Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.
I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.
If you can play the blues, you can do anything.
Don't go backwards - you've already been there.
Art Tatum -- he was a genius. And Einstein, not me.
Drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.
I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.
Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.
Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.
I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.
Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.
Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right
I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of
Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me.
I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.
The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.
I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.
All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.
Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.
Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.
Music is the chalk to the blackboard of life. Without it everything is a blank slate
There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.
Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.
Even though I'm not Jewish...Israel is one of the few causes I feel good about supporting.
Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.
There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.
I set my own rhythm, and I do believe it was usually a little faster than most other people's.
What I've got to live up to, is being myself. If I do that, the rest will take care of itself.
If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.
The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day.
My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.
I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.
The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.
Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
To me, music is entertainment - what else can it be? In fact, it's the only language I know of that's universal.
What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.
Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you.
I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am.
I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.
Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more.
I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.
It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.