“I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to ...” — Donald Dunn Quote

“I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.”

“I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.”

“I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players, another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.”

“I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.”

“I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.”

“It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.”