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We performers are monsters. We are a totally different, far-out race of people. I totally and completely admit, with no qualmsat all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice.
For a long time the only time I felt beautiful-in the sense of being complete as a woman, as a human being, and even female-was when I was singing.
You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era; it should never leave you.
All token Blacks have the same experience. I have been pointed at as a solution to things that have not yet begun to be solved, because pointing at us token Blacks eases consciences of millions, and this is dreadfully wrong.
If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don't think down on it, or think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you.
The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.
A healthy sex life. Best thing in the world for a woman's voice.
I have never given all of myself, even vocally, to anyone. I was taught to sing on your interest, not your capital.
I prefer to leave standing up, like a well-mannered guest at a party.
Accomplishments have no color.
The way I was taught, being black was a plus, always. Being a human being, being in America, and being black, all three were the greatest things that could happen to you. The combination was unbeatable.
If I do have some success, I'd like to enjoy it, for heaven's sake! What is the point of having it otherwise?
To sing is the most human of the art form delivery, more than, perhaps, an instrument which has to be tuned mechanically. You are the tuner; you are the vessel. Everything depends on how you feel as a person. It is for you to hear how beautiful your instrument is. From you to you with much, much love. That way you can send it out to the public because they make the careers. Once they accept you and your freedom to be and your love for singing they never leave you. There is no love like that.
