It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.

I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

I'm a businessman. I work for business people. The kind of thing they say is: Now we've sold a lot of records, let's sell some more.

People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

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