In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.

In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.

The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it!

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.