I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.

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I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.

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The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.

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I'm proud of our court. It knocks back a lot of the propaganda the Communists put out about the way America treats her Negroes.

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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.

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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.

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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.

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The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.

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Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

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