I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.

I'm a musician at heart. I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.

If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you.

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

Unforgettable in every way, and forever more, that's how you'll stay.

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life is still worth while if you just smile

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

With each drop of tear that we shed in our times of excruciating pain, our brain constructs majestic new cellular connections to aid in the pursuit of our passion - in the pursuit of truth.

Journalists should be watchdogs, not lapdogs.

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

There is nothing that makes a man more self-satisfied than a poor memory.

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.

Who will save your soul, if you won’t save your own?

This loss has left me truly heartbroken. Robin Williams was one of the brightest, most loving & wonderful people I've ever been blessed to know. I'll miss him more than I can ever express in words.

The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you're able to let life meet life. If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down.

I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.