You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.
As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.
50 years old is like springtime to me.
After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time.
A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.
In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.