When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.
How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
Many times I feel different like a different person.
What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal.
I can read and arrange, but I can't write.
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.