Malcolm X Made Me Very Strong At

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].

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

Malcolm X Raised My Consciousness About Myself And My People And Other People More Than Any Person I Know. I Knew Him Before He Became Malcolm X.

Music Became My Refuge And Then My Salvation.

Nobody Black Or White Who Really Believes In Democracy Can Stand Aside Now; Everybody's Got To Stand Up And Be Counted.