Count Basie Isn't Just A Man, Or

You Have To Be Taught To Be Second Class; You're Not Born That Way. But The Slanting Process Is So Subtle That You Frequently Don't Realize How You're Being Slanted Until Very Late In The Game.

I've Seen So Much. And I've Heard So Many Great Performers. There Are Performers Now That Couldn't Work Back In The Days When I Came Along.

Always Be Smarter Than The People Who Hire You.

Music Became My Refuge And Then My Salvation.

Malcolm X Raised My Consciousness About Myself And My People And Other People More Than Any Person I Know. I Knew Him Before He Became Malcolm X.