Sometimes I feel like nothin,' somethin' throwed away, Somethin' throwed away. And then I get my guitar, play the blues all day.

With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.

My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.

If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream and build on our fond melodies in his tomorrow, I have not labored in vain.

I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.

You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin

Saving was slow and painful.

Nature was my kindergarten.

A human being has no discernible character until he acts.

It is easier to die bravely than to live so.

Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face.

Your mind outwears all sorts of things you may set your heart upon; you can enjoy it when all other things are taken away.

Character isn't who you are when life goes your way. Character is who you really are when the bottom falls out.

I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch.

Remember, your mind is your greatest asset, so be careful what you put into it.

Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.

Vow to seek a Calm Inner Response to the Circumstances of your Life

He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince.