"I, too, sing America. I, too, am America."

"I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread."

"I have been a stranger in a strange land."

"I've been a dishwasher, a cook, a busboy, a waiter, a laundress, a delivery boy, a truck driver, a chauffeur, a gardener, a bellhop, a doorman, a houseman, a janitor, a porter, a longshoreman, a seama…"

"The stars went out and so did the moon. The singer stopped playing and went to bed. While the Weary Blues echoed through his head."