All Dope Can Do For

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.

I Don't Think I'm Singing. I Feel Like I'm Playing A Horn...what Comes Out Is What I Feel.

You've Got To Have Something To Eat And A Little Love In Your Life Before You Can Hold Still For Any Damn Body's Sermon On How To Behave.

When Lester Plays, He Almost Seems To Be Singing; One Can Almost Hear The Words.

I'm Always Making A Comeback But Nobody Ever Tells Me Where I've Been.