Quotes

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.

I'm an interpreter of stories.

Unforgettable in every way, and forever more, that's how you'll stay.

If you smile through your fear and sorrow, tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

To me, freedom is no fear.

I believe in racial justice. I believe in economic justice. I believe in social justice.

I demand respect. I don't want to be liked.

How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being.