One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the...
The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music...
Music was my joy my home the one place I felt happy and secure.
Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people but put your full trust...
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.
We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump...
Dreams do come true even for someone who couldn't speak English and never...
By 1969 when I celebrated 45 years in the music business I also had 45...
Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the...
I believe though I do not comprehend and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp...
I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves and...
And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing I despatch...
The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India......
My faith inasmuch as I have any is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell...
Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing and far...