I Thought Of Singing And Acting As

I Was Unique In That I Was A Kind Of Black That White People Could Accept. I Was Their Daydream. I Had The Worst Kind Of Acceptance Because It Was Never For How Great I Was Or What I Contributed. It Was Because Of The Way I Looked.

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

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.

As Much As I Try, When I Open My Mouth, Lena Comes Out, And I Get So Mad.

Music Became My Refuge And Then My Salvation.