I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers].
The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it! - Lena Horne
The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it!
- Lena Horne
I'm me, and I'm like nobody else. - Lena Horne
I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you'r… - Lena Horne
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you'r…
I really do hate to sing. - Lena Horne
I really do hate to sing.
My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman. - Lena Horne
My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. - Lena Horne
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.
I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was ne… - Lena Horne
I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was ne…
Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death. - Lena Horne
Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.
Always be smarter than the people who hire you. - Lena Horne
Always be smarter than the people who hire you.
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