What Is A Soul? It's

I Really Feel That If You're Gonna Be Good, You Gotta Practice... Practice Whatever The Hell You Do.

Art Tatum -- He Was A Genius. And Einstein, Not Me.

Many Times During Auditions, I Was Told That I Couldn't Carry A Note With A Bucket, And That I Sure Couldn't Play The Piano.

I Heard Someone Say That All Black People Got Rhythm. Bullshit.

[on His Heroin Addiction:] I Did It To Myself. It Wasn't Society...it Wasn't A Pusher, It Wasn't Being Blind Or Being Black Or Being Poor. It Was All My Doing.