The Music Was My Friend, My Lover,

The Woman Who Survives Intact And Happy Must Be At Once Tender And Tough.

This Is My Life. It Is My One Time To Be Me. I Want To Experience Every Good Thing.

I Always Knew From That Moment, From The Time I Found Myself At Home In That Little Segregated Library In The South, All The Way Up Until I Walked Up The Steps Of The New York City Library, I Always Felt, In Any Town, If I Can Get To A Library, I'll Be Okay. It Really Helped Me As A Child, And That Never Left Me. So I Have A Special Place For Every Library, In My Heart Of Hearts.

You Will Face Many Defeats In Your Life, But Never Let Yourself Be Defeated.

I Believe That Every Person Is Born With Talent.