50 Years Old Is Like Springtime To

I'm Not Alone, I'm Free. I No Longer Have To Be A Credit, I Don't Have To Be A Symbol To Anybody; I Don't Have To Be A First To Anybody.

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'm Not A Career Kind Of Person. When I Saw New Music, New Trends Coming In, I Didn't See Any Place For Me. And I Didn't Think About It As A Career Loss, Because I Was Married - I Have A Great- Grandchild Now. The Low Points Were When I Lost People That I Really Cared About.

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

A Little Nepotism Never Hurt Nobody, Honey. If You Got It, Use It. Press On With It. Remind Them Of It.