But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.
We have inherited a great music. This music is a holdover. It comes with us like the skin, the texture of our hair. It's our memory banks. - Abbey Lincoln
We have inherited a great music. This music is a holdover. It comes with us like the skin, the texture of our hair. It's our memory banks.
- Abbey Lincoln
I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach ag… - Abbey Lincoln
I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach ag…
I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow. - Abbey Lincoln
I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of… - Abbey Lincoln
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of…
I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes. - Abbey Lincoln
I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart. - Abbey Lincoln
The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.
But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's… - Abbey Lincoln
But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's…
There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current … - Abbey Lincoln
There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current …
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me. - Abbey Lincoln
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.
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