Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings -- spreading the good news. It will last as long as any music because it is sung straight from the human heart.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.

If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.

A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with their whole body... Their music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring tears to my eyes.