A biography for Scatman Crothershasn’t been written yet.
“The first paid gig? It was back home in Terre Haute, Indiana, back in 1925, '26, when I was going to high school and working in a speakeasy.”
“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.”
“Spiritually, I'm Jewish.”
“I've been an actor all of my life, but not professionally.”
“Even after I got started in TV and the movies, I didn't sit around waiting on parts. I kept busy.”
“Can you imagine what five or 10 dollars was like in 1925? In those days, you could get room and board for $1.50 a week. Room and board!”
“We are all stars in this galaxy. All of us. No one's greater than the other.”