It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.

I've seen so much. And I've heard so many great performers. There are performers now that couldn't work back in the days when I came along.

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished.

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

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.

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