I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and contemptuous in our …

- Hazel Scott

There's only one free person in this society, and he is white and male.

- Hazel Scott

Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she's a black woman, seh's in deep trouble.

- Hazel Scott

I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not responsible for your gift, only …

- Hazel Scott

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

- Hazel Scott

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.

- Hazel Scott

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.

- Hazel Scott

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go.

- Hazel Scott

If you reach for something and find out it's the wrong thing, you change your program and move on.

- Hazel Scott