I Don't Like To Go To Strange

I'm Sorry That I Did Not Become The World's First Black Classic Pianist. I Think I Would Have Been Happier.

I Had Heard Blues And Jazz All My Life But I Was Never Aware That It Was Associated With Nightclubs And Drinking.

You've Got To Learn To Leave The Table When Love's No Longer Being Served".

Funk, Gospel, Blues Is All Out Of Slavery Times, Out Of Depression, Out Of Sorrow.

I Applied For A Scholarship To Curtis Institute Of Music In Philadelphia. I Knew I Was Good Enough, But They Turned Me Down. And It Took Me About Six Months To Realize It Was Because I Was Black. I Never Really Got Over That Jolt Of Racism At The Time.