We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.
“I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known.”
“The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.”