I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

- Bessie Smith

I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.

- Bessie Smith

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

- Bessie Smith

When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.

- Bessie Smith

No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.

- Bessie Smith

The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.

- Bessie Smith

Listen to my story and everything will come out true

- Bessie Smith

I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.

- Bessie Smith

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.

- Bessie Smith