Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. read more

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

And hears thy stormy music in the drum!

And hears thy stormy music in the drum!

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't read more

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.