Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.

Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.

I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me

I've worked too long and too hard to play in some little joint for $65 a night, ... In New York, jazz fans support you. In Atlanta, unless you're booked in a club where folks can drive up to the front door, you're out of luck. If people have to look for parking, forget it.