Mom And Pop Were Just

Dope Never Helped Anybody Sing Better Or Play Music Better Or Do Anything Better. All Dope Can Do For You Is Kill You - And Kill You The Long, Slow, Hard Way.

I Think I Copied My Style From Louis Armstrong. Because I Used To Like The Big Volume And The Big Sound That Bessie Smith Got When She Sang ... So I Liked The Feeling That Louis Got And I Wanted The Big Volume That Bessie Smith Got. But I Found That It Didn't Work With Me, Because I Didn't Have A Big Voice. So Anyway Between The Two Of Them I Sorta Got Billie Holiday.

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

There's No Damn Business Like Show Business - You Have To Smile To Keep From Throwing Up.

You Can't Copy Anybody And End With Anything. If You Copy, It Means You're Working Without Any Real Feeling.