As Much As I Try, When I

My Identity Is Very Clear To Me Now, I Am A Black Woman.

I Had My Schooling Right There In The Cotton Club.

I've Seen So Much. And I've Heard So Many Great Performers. There Are Performers Now That Couldn't Work Back In The Days When I Came Along.

You Have To Be Taught To Be Second Class; You're Not Born That Way.

Music Became My Refuge And Then My Salvation.