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I Don't Know If I'm A Heroine; I'm Just Somebody That Can Cheer The Troops By Singing To Folks, And Have Receptions After The Show, And Tithe A Dollar Of Every Ticket Sale For All Kinds Of Different Great Charities And Social Action Groups.

Ugly Ducklings Don't Turn Into Swans And Glide Off Down The Lake. Whether Your Sunglasses Are On Or Off, You Only See The World You Make.

Im Happy To Say That At 62, I Think Ive Reached That Point Where Stuff Doesnt Bother Me As Much, And My Gratitude Level Has Gone Way Up, Especially Having Gone Through The Loss That Ive Had, And Losing So Many Of The Great Artists That I Was Close To. They Taught Me How To See It With A Grain Of Salt And A Lot Of Humor And Perspective.

I'm Sure I Would Have Been Considered A More Significant Artist If I Was A Singer-songwriter. It's Just Not The Way I Roll. I Love Being A Curator And A Musicologist. People Write Me Letters And Thank Me For Turning Them On To Fred Mcdowell And Sippie Wallace, And That's Partly My Job This Time Around.

There's So Many Amazing Articles Coming Out All The Time And Because Of The Internet Circulating Great Writing - Even If The Writers Don't Get Paid Enough Most Of The Time, Unfortunately - But There's Never Been A More Amazing Flow Of Information On All Of The Issues. I Would Love To See A Revival Of What We Had Against The War In The '60s - We Could Do Thes