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After I got over the terrible...

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I've seen so much. And I've h...

I've seen so much. And I've heard so many great performers. There are performers now that couldn't work back in the days when I came along.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

A little nepotism never hurt ...

A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Nobody black or white who rea...

Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I'm not a career kind of pers...

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.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

It's not the load that breaks...

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's positive and that it is not worse, rather than the uncomfortable edges of bitterness for the negatives and that it is not better.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

The naked female body is trea...

The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's a hoe.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I learned from Ethel Waters, ...

I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers].

Lena Horne 55 quotes

You have to be taught to be s...

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I was unique in that I was a ...

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.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

You wouldn't be allowed to ge...

You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I want to sing like Aretha Fr...

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

It's so nice to get flowers w...

It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Every color I can think of an...

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Malcolm X made me very strong...

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Malcolm X raised my conscious...

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I was lucky, as many of my ge...

I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Always be smarter than the pe...

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

As much as I try, when I open...

As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no...

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.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

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