I Thought Of Singing And Acting As

I Had My Schooling Right There In The Cotton Club.

I'm Still Learning, You Know. At 80, I Feel There Is A Lot I Don't Know.

I Don't Have To Be An Imitation Of A White Woman That Hollywood Sort Of Hoped I'd Become. I'm Me, And I'm Like Nobody Else.

I Made A Promise To Myself To Be Kinder To Other People.

The Naked Female Body Is Treated So Weirdly In Society. It's Like People Are Constantly Begging To See It, But Once They Do, Someone's A Hoe.