I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've regained a bit of that in the last few years but there was a period of my life in which I had a very low opinion of people in general.
“I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.”
“As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.”