I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.
“So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn't complain. It was normal.”
“I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.”