Lena Horne Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Kings, Men, Marijuana

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

  Lena Horne

  Mad, Trying, Mouths

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• I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.

  Lena Horne

  Singing, Acting, Care

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.

  Lena Horne

  Black, Singing, Way

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Lena Horne

  Want, Franklin, Ability

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• I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished.

  Lena Horne

  Kings, Remember, Like Something

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• Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.

  Lena Horne

  Men, Band, Way

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• I had my schooling right there in the Cotton Club.

  Lena Horne

  Clubs, Cotton, Schooling

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• 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

  People, Consciousness, Raised

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• I really do hate to sing.

  Lena Horne

  Hate

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• 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

  Loss, Grandchildren, Thinking

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• 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

  Heard, Performers

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• 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

  Love, Pain, Nice

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