I worked on a weekly one-hour show live from Los Angeles called 'The Dixie Boat Show.' We only had one camera, so there was a lot of panning because it was always on, and anything that went wrong, from actors fluffing their lines to sets falling down in mid-scene, you let it go by.

Scatman Crothers

We are all stars in this galaxy. All of us. No one's greater than the other.

Scatman Crothers

You ain't no more than me, and I ain't no more than you. We're all God's children.

Scatman Crothers

I always kept busy. If the music business got bad I'd get me a job doin' somethin' else. Bellhop. Porter. Anything to make an honest living.

Scatman Crothers

I learned when I was a kid not to worry so much about things because it's all going to work out. What will be will be.

Scatman Crothers

I'm a connoisseur of sausage.

Scatman Crothers

Age ain't nothing but a figure. Let's go out there and play some kick the can. It's all in the mind; let's become kids. That's been my philosophy of life anyhow, man.

Scatman Crothers

Terre Haute. They used to call it 'Terrible Hut' because it was so wide open. Gambling, red light district, speak-easies. I entertained for all the gangsters. Can't name a gangster that didn't come into the place where I worked.

Scatman Crothers

I love people. You've gotta keep that love in your heart for your fellow man.

Scatman Crothers

Color don't mean nothin'. 'Cause we're all God's children.

Scatman Crothers

The Bible is the book I read. It's got answers for everything.

Scatman Crothers

Jack Nicholson and I have been friends ever since we met while doing 'The King of Marvin Gardens.'

Scatman Crothers

A lot of people in Hollywood are on that ego trip. They think they're more than somebody else. I've told a lot of stars in my career, 'Hey, man you're looking down on the people who made you. lf you keep doing that, you're gonna fall back down.'

Scatman Crothers

The Shining is my fourth picture with Jack Nicholson, or as he says, our fourth 'classic.'

Scatman Crothers

Call me the Scatman. I do quite a bit of scattin'.

Scatman Crothers

We played, jazz, blues, dixie, and it all came from the church. When I went to church, I would see the sisters and brothers doing the same beat.

Scatman Crothers

I was brought up in church, but when I confessed my errors, they put me out.

Scatman Crothers

I've had a group ever since '36, off and on.

Scatman Crothers

I was the first black man on television.

Scatman Crothers

I worked on a weekly one-hour show live from Los Angeles called 'The Dixie Boat Show.' We only had one camera, so there was a lot of panning because it was always on, and anything that went wrong, from actors fluffing their lines to sets falling down in mid-scene, you let it go by.

Scatman Crothers

To be honest , I looked at 'The Shining' as just doing another movie.

Scatman Crothers