- They [black and white musicians] jived between each other. All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.
- Don't let the same dog bite you twice.
- Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering "who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?" After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it.
- Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
- Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.
- It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
- The only Maybelline I knew was the name of a cow.

