“My parents were U.S. Foreign Service, so I spent a lot of time you kno...” — Daryl Davis Quote

“My parents were U.S. Foreign Service, so I spent a lot of time you know, overseas in various countries around the world, you know, I was an American Embassy brat and today, as a professional musician, I travel all over this country and around the world.”

“I've been playing music professionally, full time since 1980 when I graduated college at the age of 22.”

“I had to keep myself in check. Like, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa.' I'd never sat in a room, five feet away from a Klansman putting on his damn robe. That's what freaked me out a little bit. But I wanted to see a Klansman.”

“Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.”

“I did a terrible job of composing myself. I was a spoiled brat from Long Island who benefitted from the energy of New York.”

“I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.”