From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.

My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That's how I see my voice.

I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be

I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.

I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never changed. I've never changed my hair. I've never changed my color, I have always been proud of myself, and my fans are proud of me for remaining the way I've always been. I married a white man one time, but he was a creep