You Wouldn't Be Allowed To Get On

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].

Music Became My Refuge And Then My Salvation.

In My Early Days I Was A Sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm Black And A Woman, Singing My Own Way.

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

I Found Out Along The Way That They Like You A Little Imperfect.