Mothering/nurturing Is A Vital Force And Process

Most People Come Out Of Their Ph.d. Experience Trying To Prove Themselves, Trying To Get Ahead, Trying To Get Published. You're Scared Everybody Else Is Going To Do Your Research And Get Your Topic.

The Civil Rights Movement Also Reaffirmed Me As A Singer. It Taught Me That Singing Was Not Entertainment, It Was Something Else.

I Went To A Church Where You Could Not Sing Out Loud In The Service Until You Had Been Saved

If, In Moving Through Your Life, You Find Yourself Lost, Go Back To The Last Place Where You Knew Who You Were, And What You Were Doing, And Start From There.

I Started Graduate School In 1971, I Started Working At The Smithsonian In The Festival In 1972. I Went Full-time At The Smithsonian In 1974. And I Got My Doctorate In 1975.